San Joaquin River Bridge?

[shawnterustic]

@Dave_Ayers - I can't remember where I saw it (in one of the various Facebook groups, I suppose) some folks reported that they tried, but were turned back by dense foliage on that traverse toward the confluence. It wasn't clear how much experience they had with off-trail route-finding, however, so I'd take that with a grain of salt or ten.

People were definitely fording the San J just downstream from the bridge location, however, come late August / early September - so perhaps with a lighter snowpack (in theory) this year, it might be crossable earlier. We shall see!

[cloudlesssky]

Here's a decent account from a 2024 PCT hiker who recently took Andrew Skurka's "Up and Over" bypass of the missing middle fork bridge: https://yetihikes.net/wordpress/2024/05 ... lgDXk-efra

[sbennett3705]

In case anyone is still interested, I ran across this comprehensive compilation of alternative routes:

https://caltopo.com/m/CDUQD