Cactus to Clouds advice?

[Hikin_Jim]

by hiking do you mean walking the 12 miles with the rest of the mules, as muir put it, or by taking the north fork route and earning it in half the distance? the skyline is a bit tougher than the whitney trail, and is accesible anytime of the year with the right equipment and experience. go ahead and challenge yourself, face that fear, but know that to compare the two you must go from valley floor to the summit and back down. going just to the tram or taking it down is not quite comparable

"Crystal," is that you?

[stobbart]

Well being as you seem to be in the same situation I was in having the "itch" to try it, wait till the snow conditions are gone. I ended up having to be rescued.

From the sound of what you have said, doing Whitney and Grand Canyon we have done much of the same and are most likely very comprable hikers. Though unless you have extensive snow/ice hiking I would say to hold off on this one till about April or May depending on the conditions.

I know I will be going at it again when snow melts.

[desertskyclimber]

...nothing left to do but smile smile smile....and hope that one day you will awaken. niceness is ego security, kindness is divine surety...sorry for being real

[bluerail]

.....real compared to what ?

[Perry]

niceness is ego security, kindness is divine surety

Great! Then we agree.

[SummitGreen]

I also kinda prefer to do the uphill only, then down to the tram b/c I LOOOOOVE the way it feels to hike uphill. Downhill bores me and is more work for my body. So I'll always pick uphill! When I hike Grand Canyon, I tolerate the downhill and thrill in the up!

I love uphills too! Downhill just wear out my joints.


Is anyone here going on thise trail for the winter months? from now till march?

[Halohiker]

I just wanted to clarify something a hiking buddy and I don't know for certain. Is the Skyline Trail the one typically used to do c2c?

[FIGHT ON]

I just wanted to clarify something a hiking buddy and I don't know for certain. Is the Skyline Trail the one typically used to do c2c?

It is! The one and only! Tell em FIGHT ON said so!

[Cy Kaicener]

Here is an interesting trip report on Skyline on January 20 which has just come out. The author thinks that snow will remain until June.
http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/4 ... -2009.html

[FIGHT ON]

Here is an interesting trip report on Skyline on January 20 which has just come out. The author thinks that snow will remain until June.
http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/4 ... -2009.html

THE BEST PART OF HIS TR....
It is still best to let at least one other reliable person know exactly where you are going and when you expect to return.