[pct-l] Thru-hiking SOBO/Harts Pass

[Edward Anderson]

Dan,

What Shon said is true. There is not much traffic on the road going up and down 
from Harts Pass.  I was only thinking of it being easy to get a ride to and from 
Mazama on Highway 20. 


Another, easier, possibility to consider would be doing an out and back to and 
from the border from Rainy Pass.  That is right on highway 20 and hitching would 
be more predictable. Rainy Pass is only 30.5 miles from Harts Pass and the 
scenery also beautiful. 


Have a great hike.

MendoRider


 



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From: Dan Cross-Viola <dan_cross43 at yahoo.com>
To: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 6:45:33 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru-hiking SOBO/Harts Pass


Hi MendoRider,

Thanks for the words of wisdom!  I'll probably have to hitch from the closest 
town Greyhound goes to, so your input is much appreciated.

Thanks again!

Bear CAn

--- On Tue, 4/12/11, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> wrote:


>From: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru-hiking SOBO/Harts Pass
>To: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob at comcast.net>, pct-l at backcountry.net
>Cc: "Austin Williams" <austinwilliams123 at gmail.com>, "Dan Cross-Viola" 
><dan_cross43 at yahoo.com>, ned at mountaineducation.org
>Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 5:33 PM
>
>
>Hitching isn't all that difficult - - - .  On the last leg of my ride to Canada 
>in 2009 I had left 
>my horse in good care near Steven's Pass and drove my rig north, caching 
>resupplies at Rainy Pass and then (leaving the trailer at Mazama), drove up to 
>Harts pass and cached at the Ranger Station. Then drove back down to Mazama and 
>left rig at the equestrian center. It is a short walk from Mazama to Highway 20. 
>I got a ride to Winthrop within ten minutes. Four more rides ( and about seven 
>hours - faster than waiting for public transportation) got me back to Primo and 
>I rode north. I had prearranged someone to trailer us around the Little Giant 
>part of the detour - as it was considered very dangerous to horses.
>
>When I reached the border monument 78 I turned right around and rode south to 
>Mazama. The scenery between Harts Pass and Canada is spectacular and well worth 
>enjoying from both directions.
>
>MendoRider/Ed Anderson
>
>
>
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From: Bob Bankhead <wandering_bob at comcast.net>
>To: Austin Williams <austinwilliams123 at gmail.com>; Dan Cross-Viola 
><dan_cross43 at yahoo.com>; pct-l at backcountry.net
>Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 12:47:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru-hiking SOBO
>
>Another vote for the out-and-back from Harts Pass. That country is
>absolutely beautiful; very rugged; some of the best scenery on the PCT. 
>
>The only downer is the lack of any public transportation to the nearest town
>(Winthrop), from which you would have to hitch first to Mazama and then up
>to Harts Pass. You really need a vehicle, and this opens a great option.
>Find a spouse, friend, etc. to go with you for a week. Fly into and rent a
>car in either Seattle or Spokane. Drive to Harts Pass and leave the car in
>one of the large parking lots. Both of you hike the 30 miles to the border
>and then back to the car. You resupply from the car and head south while
>your partner takes the car and goes home.
>
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