[pct-l] Upcoming Tahoe hike

[Richard Woods]

Neil, ditto on parking/starting in Tahoe City. You'll have a beer and  
burger to look forward to at the Bridge Tender when you get back. The  
Brockway trailhead is just a turnout on the highway. I think parking  
in Tahoe City would be better. I plan to use the bus and leave my car  
at home. I'm doing the loop starting in August, and I'm taking bus up  
from Reno to there, and head counter clockwise. That said, you can  
take the Amtrak train (really a bus) from Sacramento to Truckee, and  
the TART bus or the Tahoe Trolley to many access points around the lake.
Echo Lake lodge was ok. They stocked the usual notions of 'camping  
food,' and not much else, at stiff prices, so, not a good resupply  
point, but the highway is busy and there shouldn't be a problem  
hitching down to the big Raleys at the Y in South Lake Tahoe. But I  
had a blueberry shake at the lodge that was pretty tasty after twenty  
five miles. There were half a dozen PCT thru-hikers munching junk and  
going through their bounce boxes received at the lodge.
Don has a good suggestion RE the GPS waypoints. You might find some  
north slopes and shady spots still covered with snow pillows, although  
it's been warm and snow is melting fast.  Two weeks ago I lost the  
trail under snow on the north side of the rim trail out of Tahoe  
Meadows for Brockway. I haven't been over the new section, so I wasn't  
sure where it was headed, and by the network of tracks I wasn't the  
only lost soul. Five years ago I lost the trail on the east side in a  
place or two in July, another heavy winter.
Just checked the Tahoe Rim Trail website: www.tahoerimtrail.org>using  
the trail>trail conditions: July 13 The west side from Tahoe City all  
the way to Big Meadow and beyond to Monument Pass is either under  
snow; mostly snow; or open, but with extended patches of snow. In  
addition, deep snow on Relay Peak between Tahoe Meadows and Brockway.  
It's a late melt this year. We had spring two weeks ago on Tuesday.

On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Bob Bankhead wrote:

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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