Goat Rocks - Pacific Crest Trail

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#1

What are the snow conditions for the area the end of July look like???

Meadow Ed

#2

Not sure how to get ahold of these hikers as they do not have a trailjournal. But a couple weeks back while doing some maintenance I met two hikers (Sunstroke and Turbo) heading north around the Barlow Pass area here in Oregon. I would imagine someone here or over on PCT-L knows their emails and could probably get some sort of trail report around Old Snowy and the Packwood Glacier area.

I was up in the Alpine Lakes area a week ago and found most of the ridges to be clear up to 5500 feet with the exception of north facing bowls.

Ganj

#3

I was up in the Rainier area a couple of weeks ago and the view of the Goat Rocks suggested they were still fairly well buried. However, we’ve since then had several weeks of clear, hot weather and the snow is melting fast. Snow line on Mount Olympus last weekend was about 4300 ft. I expect it to be about 5000 feet now.

I would imagine that at the end of July the trail should be fairly clear of snow, especially if the weather trend continues.

Suge

#4

Thanks for the update…My buddy Charlie Jones who brings water to the 3rd gate in sec A is going up to finish his miles in WA the end of the month… Glad to see its been warm up there to melt the snow off…

Meadow Ed