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Charlton Lake To Irish Lake via PCT

  • Start date: 10/15/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/15/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Moderately-fast paced PCT hike from Charlton Lake through forested and burned-out areas all north to the Irish Lake.
We will start at 5555 ft and hike ups and downs to 6005 ft.
After lunch at Irish Lake we'll return back same way.
NOTE: Trip rating changed to DIFFICULT. It will be mostly sunny with temperatures between 40° and 50°F. Could be slippery on some places and, according to information obtained from Westfir Ranger station, with up to 2" of snow on the trail.

  • Event Leader: Darko Sojak

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-799-9199

  • Event Leader Email: darchey@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Mountain

  • Departure Location: Amazon Park, 28th & Hilyard entrance parking lot

  • Rating: Difficult

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 150

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Solid winter footwear and dress. Sun protection. 10 essentials, food and water. ABSOLUTELY NO COTTON.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 10.4

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 450

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

According to information received from Westfir ranger station we should have clear road and up to 2” of snow on the PCT trail.
We found road NF 5897 (Waldo Lake access road) with 10" of crunchy frozen snow. Since we had one low clearance Prius, we squeezed 12 people and all the gear in two AWD SUVs. In heavy loaded cars we continued for 6 miles until we encounter ranger in his big 4x4 Chevy truck, stuck in the middle of the snowed road. Unable to go around the stuck truck, we backed for quarter of the mile before able to turn our vehicles. After assessing situation we collectively decided to drive few miles back down to Hwy 58 and to Salt Creek Falls.
There, on somewhat lower elevation, our cheerful group hiked 3.2 miles -Salt Creek to Diamond Creek falls loop.
All good, besides undercarriage skid plate damage on leader’s vehicle.