[pct-l] Transportation from PCT to San Jose area

[Dena Van Derveer]

During the summer, there is a hiker bus that runs from Lee Vining thru
Tuolumne, Yosemite Valley and Merced. From there, you can get the
train (which sometimes masquerades as a bus) to Emeryville or SF. Once
in the SF Bay Area there are several public transportation options
that will get you to Menlo Park (BART, SamTrans down the Peninsula).
It can be done, but it will take awhile. And it's not cheap.

There is nothing at Sonora Pass. I spent 2 hours trying to hitch out
of there on late on a Friday evening -- a fair amount of traffic, but
it mostly consisted of hunky guys and their sweeties in pickups. Not
about to give a ride to a grubby (woman) hiker whose boot soles were
flapping. I finally did get a ride with a day hiker I'd talked to
earlier in the afternoon.

See http://www.yarts.com
http://amtrak.com (stations YOS, SFP - San Francisco Peninsula)
And a nifty trip planner for the greater SF Bay Area:
http://transit.511.org/tripplanner/index.asp

--Pika
(new to the list; section hiked 2005, 2006 and looking forward to
doing more this year, in addition to working PCTA trail crew near
1000-Island Lake this summer -- hope to see some of you near there!)

On 3/6/07, Moynihan <mary.moynihan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am considering visiting a friend in Menlo Park, CA(close to San
> Jose) along my way up the PCT. Somewhere between Tuolumne Meadows and Sonora
> Pass seems to allow for the shortest distance from the PCT to Menlo Park. I
> might be able to have my friend come meet me at the PCT but, if not, is
> there any busline or other public transportation available?
> HWY 120 runs through Toulumne Meadows, what is the possiblity of hitching
> along this road in efforts to get at least half way to the San Jose area? Is
> this a terrible, foolish, perilous, and/ or unreliable idea?
>
> Thanks
>
> ~Spirit
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