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Sun hat (that covers the side of your face too), fleece or light wool beanie and light weight gloves (like smartwool liner gloves or equivalent). If your hands tend to get cold easily, slightly heavier gloves might come in handy in mid-late September, but I feel unnecessary in July. I had summer-like weather in one of my September JMT-esque hikes, but last year in mid September, we got dumped on with snow, and it was pretty cold for quite a few days/nights.
I will have a lightweight nylon hat, buff, mid-weight gloves and lightweight wool beanie. sleep clothes are capilene top, wool leggings, and clean socks
Im starting to think my fleece will be overkill. I just love wearing it. Its also great to sleep in
The 1/4 is not nearly as warm but more versatile. I can actually hike in that with temps above 50
Or what if I leave the puffy at home; bring the 1/4 zip and the fleece instead??
the fleece (Melanazna) is 10.5 oz and has an integrated hood. but doesnt pack down well
the puffy (old Golite bare bones) is 8oz with no hood. disappears in my pack
actually the puffy is closer to 6 oz
I live in my melanzana fleece much of time in cool weather
I brought it on CT for instance. Id put it on when reached
Cold passes, and i was sweaty. Used at camp, and slept in.
Windshirt/powerfleece top is almost same utility, lighter though. Not as comforting.
I hiked in mid-July 2016... I spent most of my time in shorts and shore sleeve shirt. I was fearful of temps getting too cold and went overboard taking way too much.
All I needed to have taken was the following:
Short sleeve shirt, shorts, underwear, wide brim hat, two sets of wool socks, buff for the neck, sun screen - daily wear
Long sleeve bug shirt and long bug pants and bugs head net. Doubles as a cover up to get away from bugs and something else to wear while washing shorts and shirt.
ultra light short sleeve shirt, shorts, underwear, wool camp. - Sleep wear to always have something clean to wear inside sleeping bag.
down jacket, gloves, rain jacket, and rain pants. - Extra stuff to wear as needed... The down jacket was great for getting out of the sleeping bag until I was ready to start hiking for the day.
I have an old L.L. Bean shirt I bought many years ago. The whole shirt is sort of a fine mesh material, designed to help sweat evaporate. It's a size too small today to where with a pack, but found it still large enough to sleep in where it didn't mater if there was a small gap between the shirt and shorts.
Not sure what a modern equivalent would be, but given that you're talking about a shirt you only sleep in, an ultra thin cotton Tee would be a good alternative.
I will be starting August 12th; which I would assume means slightly cooler temps than you experienced. From my research it says to expect night time lows into the 30's and 40's.
I was going to bring 250 gram 1/4 zip smartwool pullover and my Melanazana fleece OR a 6.5 oz down puffy. Or a combination of the 3. I tend to sleep on the warm side
Do you think that is overkill?
Does anyone have experience getting from the Mammoth airport into Mammoth? There doesn't appear to be public transportation from the airport to town (or I am somehow completely missing this)
The lady I am renting an air b&b from said my best option is a private shuttle.
I cant help but think that there is a better way to get from the airport to town than an expensive private shuttle. She said uber isnt going to be reliable there.
Taxi? Hitch hike? Walk?
[QUOTE=blue indian;2213011]Does anyone have experience getting from the Mammoth airport into Mammoth? There doesn't appear to be public transportation from the airport to town (or I am somehow completely missing this)
The lady I am renting an air b&b from said my best option is a private shuttle.
I cant help but think that there is a better way to get from the airport to town than an expensive private shuttle. She said uber isnt going to be reliable there.
Taxi? Hitch hike? Walk?[/QUOTE]
Yes, yes or yes. Get there and figure it out. I have successfully hitched that area and I suspect there will be people leaving the airport. A couple of nice worded questions will often get a ride.
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