[pct-l] Leaving the trail for weddings?

[Richard Woods]

Here's some transport info that's about a year old now.
Alternatively, you can take the KERN bus (1-800-323-2396) from  
Ridgecrest City Hall into Mojave (Stater Brothers' Market and Carl's  
Jr. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. See current schedule. This from  
2004: Ridgecrest at 6 AM, 1:30 PM, and 6:50 PM and arrived in Mojave  
at 7:27 AM, 2:57 PM, and 8:17 PM. Inyokern Regional Airport in Mojave  
has daily service to LAX on United Express at 5:15 am.

On Monday through Saturdays, you can take the East KERN Express bus  
(1-800-881-5787) from Mojave into Bakersfield, where you can get   
Amtrak, Greyhound, and commercial air service to just about anywhere  
you want to go.

  It is also possible to go home via Reno, but the CREST Bishop to  
Reno bus only runs Tues, Thurs, and Friday, leaving Bishop at 7:00 am  
only, arriving reno airport at 11:45 am. There is an INYO bus Mon -  
Friday leaving Lone Pine at 7 am, 1:30 pm, and 6:30 pm, arriving in   
to Bishop at 8:10 am, 2:40 pm, and 7:40 pm. Any way you go you'll  
have to stay overnight in Bishop.

  There is no public transportation from Onyx east to Walker Pass;  
only west-bound. Your only option is to hitchhike. Don't even think  
of trying to walk that hot, exposed blacktop road!

  The CREST buses run south from Statham Hall in Lone Pine at 10:25  
am (the bus starts in Bishop) to Ridgecrest City Hall at 11:45 am on  
Mon, Wed, and Fridays only.

  There is a new taxi service in Ridgecrest, but you'd have to call  
(760-793-7374) to see if they'd take you all the way to Walker Pass ($ 
$$ ?). To Kennedy Meadows, maybe; but WP.......?


On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Shutterbug steiner wrote:

> If it is a low snow year - there are trail angels in Truckee (Poohs  
> Corner) who get get you to Reno.
>
> There is a psuedo Amtrack bus/train from
>
> Rick Ostheimer <rick.ostheimer at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I need help planning a way to fly back east for my nephews' weddings:
> Memorial Day and July 4th weekend (May 24 and Jul 5). I figure to be
> "off trail" for about 7 days for each wedding with getting to an
> airport, flying home, going to the weddings, flying back and getting
> back to the points I exit the trail. Based on my AT experience, I'll
> probably be averaging about 20 miles/hiking day and am planning one  
> day
> off in 7.
>
> Depending snow conditions, I'm hoping to start around March 29,  
> hike as
> far as I can and hitch back to the Kickoff, then make it to Kennedy
> Meadows (about 37 hiking days total) in time to fly back for the first
> wedding leaving the trail around May 20. I should be back on the trail
> around May 28 and ready to enter the Sierras if conditions are as
> favorable as '07. I'll have 28 hiking days to make South Lake Tahoe by
> June 29 where I'll leave for the second wedding.
>
> I know the best I can do is have a general schedule and need to be
> flexible. Don't want to drive too hard and risk an injury. In the
> first segment, I can skip the kickoff (don't want to) if I need more
> time or get off earlier if it's better for reaching an airport.
>
> Is this doable? Are there places to exit the trail between K.M. and
> South Lake Tahoe from which I could reach an airport and fly back? ---
> especially if the date to enter High Sierra turns out to be more like
> June 15. Where could I get in just 14 hiking days from K.M. that I
> could access air transportation?
>
> Any advice will be appreciated.
>
> Handlebar,
> GA-ME 06
>
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