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Re: Route planning

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Super cool thanks maverick and sparky! This will definitely be a learning experience for me. Might not hit all my goals but I am sure I will come back with more knowledge and a great story to tell. Can't wait to get out there!
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Well, here is my plan using caltopo (thx again Teresa). Still have a couple question marks about the creek crossings and way down to Vernon, but if I have to reroute once I am out there than no big deal.
Anyway thanks again to everyone for the help and let me know what you think.

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Looks good, hope you can get thru that narrow section of the trail that is west of
Jack Main Canyon, have been thru there during the early season when the trail
had transformed into a raging creek, though that was in a heavier snow year.
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Look at earlier comment by maverick about no crossing Falls Creek above Vernon. I think that before mid June crossing falls creek will be foolhardy. Falls creek even in dry years is a combination of deep glides an steep falls with few safe crossings. Strongly suggest out and back to brannigan or hit lakes w of Jack Main Canyon. You will find either trip plenty challenging.

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This route crosses Falls Creek near Andrews Lake. Will this work early June? Perhaps the bridge near Wilma lake could be used, but that's much further.
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What bridge? New since 2011?

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I easily crossed the creek near Wilma Lk. in fall 2010, but I don't remember whether there was a bridge. I checked Google satellite view, and it seems to show a bridge there:
wilma.jpg
OK, I found this picture from that trip near Wilma Lk.
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Perhaps there was no bridge.
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The bridge was across the outlet of Wilmer. As I recall the earliest maps had Wilmer as the name and sometime in the 30's name changed on maps to Wilma. The creek will be much higher than your pics. That part of the Sierra got much more snow than most of the Sierra this winter.

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Re: Route planning

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I have crossed falls creek in early june of a heavy snow year, but I would never repeat that. Chest high with quicksand :eek:

I then had to cross again because one of my partners was too short, and the other rightly thought I was an idiot.
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Re: Route planning

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Spark wrote:
I then had to cross again because one of my partners was too short, and the other
rightly thought I was an idiot.
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