Maverick's 2017 Annual HST Meet-up

[Wandering Daisy]

I am totally up for something in September. Still toying with running off to Wyoming for August. PS, they also have a big snowpack- 150-200%. Big snow year in the Pacific Northwest too.

Sorry Mav- you put a lot of work into this and to not be able to do it is a shame.

Hobbes- I am pretty flakey too, in fact I did not even manage to get to the 2015 meet-up before everyone left. But it was a great location!

[Jimr]

We had a mini-meetup. I enjoyed that

[richlong8]

Works out better for me if it is September. I was given a clean bill of health after the dr. looked at my ankle catscan on Tuesday. I had complex ankle surgery in December, and everything is fused, and the ankle feels better now than before the surgery. I am now cleared to begin to get on the Nordictrac, and start going up and down hills, and trails to get in shape. I'm bloated up like a walrus, so I need every week I can get between now and the Meetup to get in shape. Count me in either way. I must admit, I was looking at my old ice axe, thinking about the trip, and wondering, just how do I do a self-arrest?! without impaling myself......

[Gazelle]

I am going... Even if i am the only 1 there!

[fishmonger]

Snow isn't an issue here, but the July date is just a few days too late for us. Our hiking calendar is tight and if things work out as planned we'll be coming through the area about 4-5 days early. We start in Yosemite around July 13, and plan to make it out at Whitney Portal with enough time left to get back home by August 2, which means we need to be back at our car (probably in Yosemite) on July 31. The only way I could make the meet-up work is to forgo everything south of Kearsarge Pass and just hang there and then walk out to Independence, or turn around and head to Parchers/Bishop. we will keep all that in mind as we continue to plan our route for the summer.

Maybe we'll throw out all our normal through hike route plans and just do a set of multi-day outings from various trailheads, which would work out ok with a Taboose or Sawmill Pass entry.

September is unlikely to work for me, unless it is very late. I may be in CA around the Sept 23 weekend. Could do before or after if that pans out. Living 2000 miles away makes those things quite difficult to pull off, though.

[Shhsgirl]

So, is the meet up on of off?

[Wandering Daisy]

I have it in my schedule, but will not go unless a few more people do. I would come in from Roads End and up to Arrow Basin from Castle Domes.

[Gazelle]

As I said I am going have permit and time off

[Jimr]

Oleander, Ghost and I are going, but with snow as it is, we've had to add a plan B that would skip Arrow Basin and the meetup. We plan to come in Sawmill, go up into Window Peak drainage and pay my respects to ranger Randy, then up the basin and over into Arrow Basin, then Arrow pass to Bench Lake, then out Taboose pass. Plan B kicks in if we can't get over from Window Peak basin to Arrow Basin, then we go back down and take trail over to Bench. I figure that Window Peak drainage will likely hold snow much longer than most other areas due to it's narrow North/South feature. We're going to attempt a crossing at 36.9143, -118.4580.

[zacjust32]

I was planning on going but just found out my work schedule has me working Thursday-Monday. I may make it out Tuesday-Wednesday and if anyone is going to be there early we might see each other.