[pct-l] Upcoming Tahoe hike
Don Billings
dbillings803 at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 13 20:01:35 CDT 2010
When you say "Echo Lake is not a hiker friendly place," are you saying its not
friendly due to traffic / parking / resupply or are you
saying there are problems with the locals ?
By the way, I think if you check Backpacker Magazine Online, you will find GPS
coordinates provided for the TRT. I know. Most
hikers would say they're not needed, but it never hurts to have a navigation
assist to avoid backtracking, etc.
Don
----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Bankhead <wandering_bob at comcast.net>
To: neil p. <neildpetersen at gmail.com>; PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 5:24:49 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Upcoming Tahoe hike
I thru-hiked the TRT as part of its official opening in 2001. The TRT is a
perfect 165 mile loop. You don't need a shuttle. Park at any of the trailheads
and hike in the desired direction. You'll end up back at your car.
Tahoe City, the lowest point on hte TRT, is where I'd start if I did it again.
Echo Lake is not a hiker-friendly place.
Wandering Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: neil p.
To: PCT
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 5:10 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Upcoming Tahoe hike
Hey, so to get ready for my next years PCT thru hike I am attempting a thru
hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail starting this weekend. I will be leaving from
Santa Cruz after work on friday around 6pm and drive to my parents in
Sacramento. The next day I am hoping to drive to North Lake Tahoe and park
my car at the Brockway Summit/Hwy 267 then via some mode of vehicular travel
get to Echo Lake/Hwy 50 PCT trailhead and begin hiking North around the
lake.
So I am offering a rideshare from Santa Cruz to Sacramento and then from
Sacramento to North Lake Tahoe.
Also I am looking to see if anybody would be willing to drive me from
Brockway to Echo Lake/Hwy50 for some cash as the services I have contacted
are asking $75 and the busses seem like it might take me all day. But I am
also open to taking the bus to south lake and then getting a ride possibly
getting a ride to the trail. Open to suggestions as well. Thanks so much
-Neil
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