2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
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2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
I too have been thinking about this year’s 2023 snowmelt and creek crossings. I hope I can help at least one fellow hiker this year as the 2017 HST posts did for me.
In June and July of 2017, I was glued to reading any posts on creek status and water levels. The plan was to start at Kennedy Meadows, over Brown Bear pass, through Emigrant Meadow and meet up with the PCT after Bond Pass then to Tuolumne Meadows. I was following the Tahoe – Yosemite trail (TYT). I hope the info and photos help.
The below chart is the flow rate at Happy Isles 2017. At the time I was watching daily reports of the flow rates. The chart below shows the CFS from May 17th to Aug 13th of 2017. Happy Isles was not close to the area I was hiking but it was consistent data for the area of Yosemite.
Starting off on July 23rd, 2017, from Kennedy Meadows the flow was about 800 CFS at Happy Isles. Day two I hiked into Emigrant Meadow. July 24th, 2017, Emigrant Meadow.
July 24th, 2017, Grizzly Peak
My first major creek crossing was Jack’s Main Canyon at Falls Creek up to Tilden Lake. This got up to my waist. I had read on a post to hike upriver from the trail to where the water was moving slower.
July 25th, 2017. Falls Creek.
The map below was notes I made of a post from PCT hikers in 2017. It has been six years. I do not know the current status of the logs I crossed.
July 26th, 2017. Stubblefield Canyon upriver from the PCT.
July 26th, 2017. Rancheria Creek upriver from the PCT
July 27th, 2017. Sandy beach at Benson Lake. This was not going to work out.
July 28th, 2017. Matterhorn Creek at PCT. Knee deep crossing.
July 29th 2017. Return creek at PCT. Knee deep crossing.
July 30th, 2017. Glen Aulin camp site bridge washed out.
July 30th, 2017. Foot Bridge above Tuolumne Falls. I remember reading a post about a hiker crossing the bridge with the water level at the top of the handrails, in waist deep water. Not sure if it was in June or July of 2017.
Side Note:
Planning for this trip I came up with a bug out bag for creek crossings. I had read a post about a hiker crossing a creek and had to swim out of his pack after losing his footing. They had lost all their gear. They were two days out on the trail to get to a road. I have a small waist pack with some food, a first aid kit, matches, compass and I store my Garmin satellite tracker. In the event I lose my pack I still have the basics.
In June and July of 2017, I was glued to reading any posts on creek status and water levels. The plan was to start at Kennedy Meadows, over Brown Bear pass, through Emigrant Meadow and meet up with the PCT after Bond Pass then to Tuolumne Meadows. I was following the Tahoe – Yosemite trail (TYT). I hope the info and photos help.
The below chart is the flow rate at Happy Isles 2017. At the time I was watching daily reports of the flow rates. The chart below shows the CFS from May 17th to Aug 13th of 2017. Happy Isles was not close to the area I was hiking but it was consistent data for the area of Yosemite.
Starting off on July 23rd, 2017, from Kennedy Meadows the flow was about 800 CFS at Happy Isles. Day two I hiked into Emigrant Meadow. July 24th, 2017, Emigrant Meadow.
July 24th, 2017, Grizzly Peak
My first major creek crossing was Jack’s Main Canyon at Falls Creek up to Tilden Lake. This got up to my waist. I had read on a post to hike upriver from the trail to where the water was moving slower.
July 25th, 2017. Falls Creek.
The map below was notes I made of a post from PCT hikers in 2017. It has been six years. I do not know the current status of the logs I crossed.
July 26th, 2017. Stubblefield Canyon upriver from the PCT.
July 26th, 2017. Rancheria Creek upriver from the PCT
July 27th, 2017. Sandy beach at Benson Lake. This was not going to work out.
July 28th, 2017. Matterhorn Creek at PCT. Knee deep crossing.
July 29th 2017. Return creek at PCT. Knee deep crossing.
July 30th, 2017. Glen Aulin camp site bridge washed out.
July 30th, 2017. Foot Bridge above Tuolumne Falls. I remember reading a post about a hiker crossing the bridge with the water level at the top of the handrails, in waist deep water. Not sure if it was in June or July of 2017.
Side Note:
Planning for this trip I came up with a bug out bag for creek crossings. I had read a post about a hiker crossing a creek and had to swim out of his pack after losing his footing. They had lost all their gear. They were two days out on the trail to get to a road. I have a small waist pack with some food, a first aid kit, matches, compass and I store my Garmin satellite tracker. In the event I lose my pack I still have the basics.
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Re: 2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
Thanks for this... it's going to be a colorful summer!
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Re: 2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
Indeed. It's made route planning this year an interesting exercise…Not to mention the snow levels at high elevations. My current annual trip (that's all i get now since I moved to the east coast) is scheduled for late July, and i'm definitely keeping a close eye on the snow levels, forest road damage map, etc.
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Re: 2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
When during summer of 2017 did you shoot these? 8/2017?
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Re: 2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
correct me if i'm wrong, but each photo is dated in description. July 23-30, 2017.Love the Sierra wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 5:36 am When during summer of 2017 did you shoot these? 8/2017?
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Re: 2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
All photos in the post are from the week of July 23, 2017 to July 30th 2017
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Re: 2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
This is a great intel as I have Donohue pass out of Lyell permits for July 20... I'm happy the bridge isn't underwater, and am trusting PCTers will have neatly plowed routes along the JMT as far as MTR... but hmmm
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Re: 2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
right? My trip is July 23-30 and i've got multiple options & permits planned in case my high-elevation stuff is untenable. I'm watching the Sentinel Hub imagery, stream flows, weather, etc. and comparing with 2017 to try to decide what my best course of action will be.aaron_in_sf wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 10:52 am This is a great intel as I have Donohue pass out of Lyell permits for July 20... I'm happy the bridge isn't underwater, and am trusting PCTers will have neatly plowed routes along the JMT as far as MTR... but hmmm
Unless we get some pretty significant heat over the next couple months, i may have to drop to a lower-elevation trip just to have a patch of snowless ground to sleep on!
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Re: 2017 Flow Chart & Numerous Crossing Location With Photos For Reference
Just to follow up with my original post. The below flow chart is of Happy Isles for 2023. I also added the original flow chart for 2017 for references.
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