I know this might be a bit early, but is anyone planning to hike Skyline Trail up to the tram on Saturday 10/14 (this is the first Saturday after the tram re-opens)?
I will be doing the full C2C that day, and unfortunately all my friends are just going to do the top part only. I'm not really looking for someone to hike with (although I certainly wouldn't mind if our paces were similar), I would just feel more comfortable if I knew others were gonna be on the trail that day, since this is my first time on SanJ/Skyline and I respect the potential dangers of hiking alone on that trail.
Also, I am planning to start from PS around 4:00am carrying about 6L of water, and arrive at the upper tram at around 10-11ish (it took me 6 hours last month to go from Whitney Portal to the summit). For you veterans out there, does this sound fairly reasonable? Would 4am be a pretty good starting time? Is the trail fairly easy to follow in the dark with a headlamp?
Thanks!