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

[Jim Lynch]

There is a bus that will take you from Yosemite Valley to Merced, and Amtrak 
from there to points north.  I think there is a bus that will get you from 
Tuolumne Meadows to YV also.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hank Magnuski" <hankm at ncast.com>
To: "Moynihan" <mary.moynihan at gmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Transportation from PCT to San Jose area


> On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Moynihan 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?
>
> I think there is a train/bus combination that can get you from Yosemite to
> San Francisco (see Amtrak), and San Francisco to Menlo Park is an easy 
> ride on
> CalTrain.
>
> Hank
>
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