[pct-l] Leaving the trail for weddings?

[Shutterbug steiner]

If it is a low snow year - there are trail angels in Truckee (Poohs Corner) who get get you to Reno.
   
  There is a pseudo Amtrack bus/train from Yosemite and TM has some bus services East and West.
   
  There is a park service bus that takes you from Reds Meadows out to Mammoth and then regional bus services from there could get you to Tahoe/Reno/Yosemite.
   
  In between KM and Reds Meadows there are few bailout points to civilization except the normal resupply points heading East and then hitchin - Lone Pine. Independence, Bishop.
   
  On a normal or high year Memorial Day weekend (and even last year) is a PEAK weekend at Hiker Heaven in Aqua Dulce and LAX is just a train ride from there.
   
  Consider Flipping????????? Start at KO - Hike to Aqua Dulce go to your first commitment.  Flip to Canada and Bail out on  Rt 90 or 84 to Seattle.
   
  Or even more complicated - do a a section in NCAL or Oregon in between your commitments and fly out/into  Portland, Redding or Meford.
   
  Dunsmuir has a Daily Amtrack route that can take you North to PDX/Sea or South to Sacramento and SoCal.
   
  Like you said all depends on the snow your speed and YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
   
  Shutterbugg
  As a LONG distance section hiker - I have done some of these or thought/dreamed  of the options.

Shutterbug steiner <shutterbugg313 at yahoo.com> 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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