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by hiker97 » Mon May 17, 2010 9:33 pm
A couple of years ago, we did the Ten Lakes Trail in mid-June and encountered some isolated patches of snow but not much all in all. I wanted to ask people's opinion about what to expect at the Sunrise HSC and Sunrise Lakes area this year around June 18th. This would be in the 9300-9400' elevation range. Normally I wouldn't expect to see any by mid-June but I'm wondering what one might expect this year with the increased snow pack.
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by QITNL » Mon May 17, 2010 10:02 pm
I'm headed up to Cathedral Lakes the following week and I'm expecting snow. Though I'd expect you'll find a path if you are sticking to the trails. Keep an eye out after the Tioga Road opens for reports, probably in a week or two.
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by bill-e-g » Tue May 18, 2010 8:52 am
Go expecting LOTS o snow this year.
I'll probably go the 11th... with luck will be able to park overnight
on Tioga...
if so I'll post what the conditions are where I go....
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by hiker97 » Tue May 18, 2010 7:48 pm
I'll look forward to bill-e-g's trip report! I guess the main questions are (1) will we be able to easily make out the trail? and (2) are we in for a snow camping trip? Preparations are a bit different!
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by dan » Tue May 18, 2010 10:35 pm
Normally you would see snow mid-June, but the past few years have been kind of dry. This is a more-normal (or slightly more than normal) snow year, so we'll have snow in the high country mid-June.
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