[pct-l] Food Drop Services

[Bob Bankhead]

Then you'll have to call or email Dee Berner directly at the number/address I listed. I copied her on the original posting. 

The website is (was) a conglomeration of local resources rather thna specific to any one venture.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kea 
  To: Pacific Crest Trail List 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 2:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Drop Services


  Bob,

  The website is no longer valid.

  Kea



  On 3 March 2010 09:49, Bob Bankhead <wandering_bob at comcast.net> wrote:

  > Resupply by Ned at Sonora Pass is a suberb idea and a service long needed.
  > Yuo can avoid the ~13 mile downhill highway roadwalk to Kennedy Meadows
  > (North) - and the same 13 miles back uphill.
  >
  >
  > Cottonwood Pass: It is a short, gentle 2 mile, 600 foot descent from Trail
  > Pass down to Horseshoe Meadows campground. Easy hitch into Lone Pine. Lone
  > Pine is a great place for a zero. Stay at the new Lone Pine Hostel ($22).
  > Eat, drink, and make merry at local restuarants. Hitch or take local shuttle
  > ($80 in 2009) back to HSM.
  >
  >
  > Kearsarge Pass: It is a 1000 foot climb from the PCT up to Kearsarge Pass
  > and a 2600 foot drop to the Onion Valley trailhead parking lot. Then you get
  > to reverse that with a full pack; total non-PCT distance travelled is 16
  > miles.
  >
  > For those of you who want to avoid the lost trail time, the hike over
  > Kearsarge Pass down and back up again with a full pack, or the hassle of
  > hitching a ride into Independence for resupply (and an overnight motel
  > bill), the pack station at Onion Valley can offer two options.
  >
  > Option 1: For the heavy wallets among you, they will bring your supplies up
  > to the PCT/JMT and meet you (other locations also available but the
  > Kearsarge Pass/JMT junction is the least expensive). This is an especially
  > good option for groups whose members can share the cost among themselves.
  >
  > Option 2: They will hold your package at the pack station for a fee. You
  > can pick it up 24/7 anytime that they are there so no more worries about
  > hitting the post office's hour and days of operation. For a small extra
  > charge, you can use their showers and camp at the station, or just grab your
  > package and go back up the hill or over to the USFS campground. Your choice.
  >
  > For details, pricing, and procedures, contact Sequoia Kings Pack Train at
  > pinecreekps at aol.com or call 760-387-2627. Website is
  > http://horse-pack-trips.gordonsguide.com/sequoia/index.cfm
  >
  >
  > Wandering Bob
  >
  >  ----- Original Message -----
  >  From: David Ellzey
  >  To: ned at mountaineducation.org
  >  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Drop Services
  >
  >
  >   As Patti said, a resupply service to the trailhead east of Kearsarge Pass
  > and at the picnic site on Sonora Pass would be really sweet. I don't know if
  > there is a need to hike it in to the PCT at Kearsarge, I personally would
  > just like to avoid the hitch into Independence.
  >
  >  BigToe
  >
  >  -----Original Message-----
  >  From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
  >   Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:16 AM
  >   Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Drop Services
  >
  >  We used to bring thru hiker's resupply boxes right to them on the trail
  > years ago. Never had a problem with the USFS, but then it was only into the
  > Sierra while there was still a lot of snow still on the ground! (1984 to
  > 2005)
  >
  >  We would still offer the service to points like Cottonwood Pass, Kearsarge
  > Pass, Bishop Pass, Mono Pass, Red's Meadow, Tuolumne Meadows/Tioga Pass,
  > Sonora Pass, and Echo Pass if hikers could make it worth while. Would anyone
  > be interested?
  >
  >  It depends on whether it is important to the thru hiker to stay on the
  > trail, saving the time it takes to hike down the thousands of feet to the
  > trailhead (think the first four Passes), hopefully hitch into some closest
  > town, and then repeat the round-trip by hitching back and climbing up to the
  > trail with a full pack or not.
  >
  >  This is what we offered and would do again if we could afford to do it.
  > We're non-profit, after all....
  >
  >
  >  Ned Tibbits
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