[pct-l] parking at mammoth

[Edward Anderson]

Hello Margaret,

I appreciate your comments. There is also a Ranger Station and a horse camp with corrals at Agnew. That is where I would leave my horse. My reason for wanting to park my rig in Mammoth is that the Crest bus stops there. I need to take it north to get to the intersection of the road that will take me back to my horse at Levitt Meadows. I will be hitching west from the intersection of 108 and 395, where the bus will drop me off. During my PCT journey from Mexico to  Canada I did a LOT of hitching. I would move my rig north 100 to 300 miles north (caching my resupplies as I drove north) and then hitch south back to where I left my horse in good care 

That way I could ride unsupported and resupply myself. I mostly lived on the trail. Didn't go in to towns like most hiker do. You can't hitch with a horse. 


MendoRider



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From: Margaret Horger <marg3 at me.com>
To: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] parking at mammoth

Not a through hiker, but in 2009 I did a 4 day trip leaving from the Agnew Meadows lot.  I came back in to the trailhead/lot from a different direction, and seem to remember passing a stable (pack station?).  Might that be a possibility?  You could ride right up to your rig.

Margaret



On Aug 3, 2011, at 17:25, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Dianne,
> 
> I'm considering possibilities for my ride this summer - assuming that the snow melts enough.  Because of a late start for me, riding a horse, this year. The farthest south that I will possibility get going south from Sierra City is the Mammoth area - Reds Meadow or Agnew Meadow. 
> 
> 
> I read that you had parked four days in the "Park & Ride" lot in Mammoth. I am looking for a safe place to park my rig in Mammoth for about 10 days.  I will have last left my horse at Levitt Meadows west of Sonora Pass. I would then have driven the rig down to Mammoth and would take the Crest bus to Highway 108. Then I will hitch up to my horse - ride back up to the PCT, ride south to Agnew Meadows, leave my horse in a corral, and take the shuttle bus to Mammoth and the rig. Then drive down to pick up my horse. 
> 
> What can you tell me about that parking lot?  What is the charge?  Does it seem secure?  I couldn't find much on the web just the location.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any information you can give me.
> 
> MendoRider
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 5:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Section Hiker goes 0 for 5 at Quincy LaPorte Rd
> 
> On Aug 2, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> 
>> Can anybody give me clues to finding the trail southbound from  
>> Quincy-LaPorte Rd?
>> ?
>> Any clues for heading northbound from Quincy-LaPorte Rd?
> 
> I have only been there twice. Here's a clue. It's a good clue to use  
> elsewhere. The trail is at the crest. The hills crest a few times.  
> The trail is at the highest crest. The crest is always a good place  
> to start looking for the trail. They were pretty good about keeping  
> the PCT on the crest.
> 
> The trail a Q-LP is at a 3-way junction with another paved road. The  
> trail southbound is across the street from the junction. The trail  
> northbound is up the side-road a bit and is marked by one of those  
> brown signs with all the stickers on it.
> 
> Here's how it looks in the area.
> At the SOBO trailhead
> https://picasaweb.google.com/dianesoini/ 
> PCT2008Interstate80ToQuincyLaPorteRoad#5224125196109730850
> At the crest of the hill, looking east
> https://picasaweb.google.com/dianesoini/ 
> PCT2008Interstate80ToQuincyLaPorteRoad#5224125225437454050
> At the NOBO trailhead
> https://picasaweb.google.com/dianesoini/ 
> PCT2009QuincyLaPorteRoadToHighway36Chester#5353148476501874434
> 
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