[pct-l] Sierra Nevada Mountains

[Bob Bankhead]

Unless your dog qualifies as a Service Animal, it is forbidden in the National Parks. That will severely limit your hiking in the Sierra. 

You could start north from highway 108 at Sonora Pass, through Sierra City and Belden, but would have to get out at either Belden or Chester, before reaching Lassen Volcanic NP.

As a side trip, add on a through-hike of the 165 mile Tahoe Rim Trail. It is a perfect loop and runs concurrently with the PCT for about 40 miles.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stanley Ross 
  To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:18 AM
  Subject: [pct-l] Sierra Nevada Mountains


  Hi.  I would like to do a section hike of the PCT through the Sierra
  Nevada Mountains with my dog.  From what I can tell, dogs are not
  allowed in most parts of the Sierras.  I know people have
  through-hiked with their dogs.  Did these people take an alternative
  trail once arriving at the Sierras? It appears to me that I will need
  to hike other parts of the trail besides the Sierras this summer, but
  if anyone can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it. I plan
  to hike about a month and it is impossible to leave the dog for a
  month.  Thanks, Stan