Originally Posted by
colorado_rob
FWIW, I'm now looking at a June 16 start, and I expect some bothersome snow, but nothing too bad. I'll be doing some alternate routes here and there, not a pure CT. Also, when I get south to where the CDT leaves the CT, I'm planning on following the CDT.
I was hiking in the Collegiates last weekend (climbing Yale) and the snow on the trails was only really annoying above 11K. Sure, lots of the CT miles are above that, but by the time I get to the Collegiates it will be 5 weeks later. We'll see how it all goes. As of now, I'm planning on having microspikes for sections 7 and 8.