[pct-l] CA J/K/L/M in September - questions

[Matt Maxon]

Kim Hastings wrote:
> Ha!  Just got the okay from my boss to take three weeks in September for a PCT fix.  I travel at about half the pace of a thru-hiker, and accordingly hiked the north half of the PCT last summer.  This time I'm planning Belden-Carson Pass, more or less, and since this will be late season I have a few questions:
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Wahoo!

Working backwards
4..Yes, just about anywhere. It seems to me there is a "better class" of 
hunter out that way, not the drunken yahoo shooting from the bed of a 
pickup truck at anything that moves, but you cant be too careful.

3. I have no knowledge of this except to say water has not been an issue 
in my late season hikes out that way.

2. I didn't resupply on my hikes in the traditional sense. I set up caches.

1. N>S, S>N there isn't much difference. I do whatever works for me on 
each Section/Segment I hike. Some "traditionalists"  insist you can only 
go S>N or N>S but I am living proof you can do either ;-)

Have a great trip!
Trail90
> 1. North to south works best for my drop-off and pick-up drivers.  Is there a reason I might prefer south to north (other than starting with the climb out of Belden)?
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> 2. Since Echo Lake will presumably be closed, could I resupply via the PO at Squaw Valley?  Any suggestions for which trails to take or avoid between the PCT and the PO?  (FYI, I don't want to hitch or do long road walks for resupply -- Sierra City is my other planned resupply).
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> 3. Will there be water issues this late in the season that are not apparent from reading guidebooks/Yogi's?
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> 4. Will there be any hunters?  When and where?
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> Thanks.  I'm stoked.
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> -- Twodog 
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