PCT Day 15 : The PCT Edition Of How To Deal With The Heat
April 8 (~07:05 – ~20:30) Before Mesa Wind Farm – Mission Creek (16.8 mi / Total: 228.4 mi) Weather: Searing hot from the start, at
April 8 (~07:05 – ~20:30) Before Mesa Wind Farm – Mission Creek (16.8 mi / Total: 228.4 mi) Weather: Searing hot from the start, at
April 7 (~07:30 – ~18:00) After Black Mountain Rd – before Mesa Wind Farm (20.4 mi / Total: 211.6 mi) Weather: Cold when I start
April 6 (~07:00 – ~16:30) Before Saddle Junction – after Black Mountain Rd (12 mi / Total: 191.2 mi) Weather: Cold in the snow, but
April 5 (~07:00 – ~16:00) Fobes Rack Trail junction – before Saddle Junction (12.6 mi / Total: 179.2 mi) Weather: Covered in fog. Intense, icy
April 4 (~08:50 – ~16:45) Highway 74- Fobes Ranch Trail junction (14.8 mi / Total: 166.6 mi) Weather: Overcast in the morning. Then it gets
April 3 (~07:00 – ~08:30) Tentsite after Table Mountain Rd – Highway 74 (3.6 mi / Total: 151.8 mi) Weather: Still fresh in the early
April 2 (~08:25 – ~16:30) Tentsite after Chihuahua Rd – tentsite after Table Mountain Rd (16.7 mi / Total: 148.2 mi) Weather: Hot, windy. Some
April 1 (~07:30 – ~17:25) Agua Caliente Creek – tentsite after Chihuahua Rd (19 mi / Total: 131.5 mi) Weather: Hot again. The forest is
March 31 (~19:20 – ~20:10) Warner Springs – Agua Caliente Creek (3.3 mi / Total: 112.5 mi) Weather: Hot during the day, overcast (and dark)
March 30 (~07:30 – ~18:00) Tentsite before Third Gate – just before Warner Springs (21.5 mi / Total: 109.2 mi) Weather: Increasingly warm. I wake
March 29 (~07:20 – ~18:15) Dirt Road & Water Tank / Rodrigues Rd – tentsite before Third Gate (19.5 mi / Total: 89.7 mi) Weather:
March 28 (~8:00 – ~17:30) Junction to Garnet Peak – Dirt Road & Water Tank / Rodrigues Rd (18 mi / Total: 68.2 mi) Weather:
March 27 (~7:30 – ~19:15) Kitchen Creek – near junction to Garnet Peak (20.4 mi / Total: 50.2 mi) Weather: Warm. Both sunny and overcast.
March 26 (~7:30 – ~17:40) Tentsite before Lake Morena – Kitchen Creek (13.1 mi / Total: 29.8 mi) Weather: Warm and overcast I wake up
March 25 (~7:30 – ~16:30) Mexican Border – tentsite before Lake Morena (16.7 mi / Total: 16.7 mi) Weather: Lovely morning, warm but not hot.
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