Green Creek Roadend Trailhead permit & conditions?
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:55 pm
Hi all,
New to the forum after lurking about for a few weeks. New to backpacking after many years of hiking the Sierras.
I'd like to do a weekend out & back from the Green Creek trailhead to East Lake next weekend, using East Lake as base camp for Saturday, then out on Sunday. I'm hoping that I can leave EARLY from Sacramento area Friday morning and drive to the Bridgeport ranger station to grab a permit.
Looking to solicit some input on
1. Securing the permit - I can't seem to confirm through online research whether there are any quotas in place for this trail; I don't believe there are or should be this early, but don't want to show up and not be able to get one.
2. Conditions - anyone been up there in the past 2 weeks or so? any idea on snow towards Summit Lake, skeeters, etc?
Thanks in advance!
New to the forum after lurking about for a few weeks. New to backpacking after many years of hiking the Sierras.
I'd like to do a weekend out & back from the Green Creek trailhead to East Lake next weekend, using East Lake as base camp for Saturday, then out on Sunday. I'm hoping that I can leave EARLY from Sacramento area Friday morning and drive to the Bridgeport ranger station to grab a permit.
Looking to solicit some input on
1. Securing the permit - I can't seem to confirm through online research whether there are any quotas in place for this trail; I don't believe there are or should be this early, but don't want to show up and not be able to get one.
2. Conditions - anyone been up there in the past 2 weeks or so? any idea on snow towards Summit Lake, skeeters, etc?
Thanks in advance!