[pct-l] Ride from Bend, OR to Sisters, OR

Wed Jul 15 22:11:21 CDT 2009

Looking for a ride from the Amtrak station in Bend,OR to get back on  
the trail in Sisters, OR.

Warpzilla

On Jul 15, 2009, at 10:11 AM, "pct-l-request at backcountry.net" <pct-l-request at backcountry.net 
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>   1. Water Report - WA Section I (dicentra)
>   2. Section M11 Obliterated Trail (Matthew Edwards)
>   3. training hike in Oregon (Zoli Bassoff)
>   4. Suggestions (burnsg24 at gmail.com)
>   5. Hikers At Highway 36, Chester CA (Meridith Rosendahl)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:31:48 -0700 (PDT)
> From: dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Water Report - WA Section I
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Cc: Hoosier Daddy <hoosierdaddy810 at hotmail.com>
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> This was actually written up by Hoosierdaddy, but he isn't really on  
> the list anymore (is still reading) We hiked 26 miles of this  
> section this past weekend. Gov't Meadows to Chinook. ?He took  
> careful notes so that he could share the beta.
> ?
> Trip photos are on my FaceBook if anyone wants to see them. I'm  
> writing the TR up now and it will be on the One Pan Wonders blog by  
> the end of the day.
> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?cropsuccess&id=1146282273#/album.php?aid=30801&id=1146282273
> ?
> Meanwhile... Here's the water beta. It reads north to south b/c  
> that's how we were hiking.I hope it's helpful. :)
> ?
> Water Report
> ?
> Arch Rock:? Immediately north of the spur trail for the removed Arch  
> Rock Shelter is a good and fast running stream.? The trail crosses  
> two small bridges that have metal culverts under them.? The  
> excellent tasting water is easily reached.? At this date, it seems  
> that this *should* be an enduring, year round stream.
> ??
> Arch Rock Way: (Trail 1187 headed to Echo Lake) leads west and  
> downhill about 100 yards directly to the remains of an old airplane  
> wreck which is at the top of a large meadow.? The marshy meadow  
> (Saddle Springs?) has a faintest, mosquito larva filled seep of  
> water in the middle of it, but it is sure to dry up quickly.? Lots  
> and lots of mosquitoes!
> ??
> Just 100 yards north of Martinson Gap is a beautiful meadow that  
> would make a GREAT camping spot?except there is only a trickle of  
> water found 200 yards down a boot path that is sure to dry up in a  
> month.? The water trickles above ground, and then disappears again  
> under ground in 100 yards.
> ?
> Little Crow Basin:? At the top of Hayden Pass, you can look steeply  
> down into the lush meadow of Little Crow Basin and see small  
> rivulets of water leading to a small pond.? There appears to be no  
> way trail into Little Crow basin that we could find and a 100 yard  
> bushwhack would be required to access it if you are determined to  
> stay there.
> ?
> Big Crow Basin: Descending from Norse Peak you enter Big Crow  
> Basin.? Just 30? below the trail are two gushing springs that appear  
> to very reliable.? Immediately past that is a trail junction (#953)  
> which descends ~? mile into the beautiful basin to an old shelter  
> where there is excellent camping right next to a stream that is fed  
> from the two springs.? Lots of elk call this basin home!
> ??
> Bullion Basin: The spur trail leads very steeply down about ? mile  
> to the basin floor.? There you?ll find marshy meadows and a small  
> stream that may be reliable all summer.
> ?
> ?
>
> Happy Hiking,
> Dicentra
>
> http://www.onepanwonders.com?~ Backcountry Cooking at its Finest
> http://www.freewebs.com/dicentra
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> ?
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:56:32 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Matthew Edwards <hetchhetchyman at aol.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Section M11 Obliterated Trail
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> The PCT has been obliterated but overgrown manzanita on the  
> switchbacks leading down to Belden section M11 schaffer guide.
> Be careful when descending as trip rocks and large branches are  
> invisible due to chest high manzanita in places. Tread is totally  
> invisible at times. Go slow, take care here PCT'ers!
> -Iceaxe
>
> Sent from the Trail on my Peek
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:52:56 -0700
> From: Zoli Bassoff <zolish at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] training hike in Oregon
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> Greeting all
>
> I am going to hike the oregon pct this summer and want to figure out  
> my
> average daily pace. I am thinking of doing a 70 mile section in four  
> or five
> days. At the moment I am living in portland and would like to find  
> somewhere
> close to it that would give a good representation of the entire  
> trail. Any
> ideas of a starting and stopping point would be great. Also if  
> anyone has
> the oregon section of the trail data guide could I buy or borrow it.
>
> thanks
> the intrepid trail rat
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:18:31 +0000
> From: burnsg24 at gmail.com
> Subject: [pct-l] Suggestions
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> Hello all,
> Myself and two of my friends are planning a hike in september. Our  
> original
> plan was to fly into Reno tuesday september 1st and take the Eastern  
> Sierra
> transit over to Sonora pass Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 and begin  
> our
> hike. We are only going 80 miles to the Echo Lakes. However, our  
> hike can
> only last 5 days due to work constraints, so we are in a bit of a time
> crunch. However, we just found out that the public transit does not  
> run on
> Wednesdays. Does anyone have any suggestions or alternate  
> transportation
> ideas on how to get from the Reno airport to Sonora pass?
> Thanks in advance any suggestions are greatly appreciated,
> Greg
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:02:12 -0700
> From: Meridith Rosendahl <mrosendahl at digitalpath.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Hikers At Highway 36, Chester CA
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> I've started a Picasa photo album with the photos of hikers I've met
> since Sunday, plus one of Piper a couple of weeks ago.  They've all  
> been
> NOBO, having passed the half way marker.  Some we took home to feed  
> and
> house, some just ferried into town for the night or for breakfast.   
> The
> number of photos will grow over the next week and a half until we have
> to leave.  Moms, Dads, SO's, friends and family might enjoy seeing how
> their loved ones are faring...
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Meridith59/PCTHikers2009#
>
> Enjoy,
> Piper's Mom
>
>
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