@sandyfortner
Thank you Sandy, I'll do that.

@rcorfman - Thank you, I will be going with the warmer bag.

I'm planning to hike about 300-325 miles (to roughly passage 18 or 19) beginning March 14 or 15, is anyone else leaving NOBO about that time? I need to arrange transportation to the southern terminus, and wanted to see if other hikers wanted to carpool, or were looking for a hiking partner. I'll be ...

I agree with the two previous posts, you'd likely encounter snow with a start date before March 1, although it might not be too bad depending on the snow fall for 2018. I'm also planning to do the AZT NOBO in 2018, and from conversations I've had with others, mid-March seems to be a good window.