[pct-l] recommendations for very small accessible sections for visiting foreigners

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

Dear kylie


I highly recommend the section from Yosemite to Red Meadows. You can
see many peaks from the Cathedral Pass. And I also recommend the view
from the Island Pass to Garnet Lake. You can see the spectacular
views of the Banner Peak, Mt.Ritter, and the Thousand Island Lake. I
think this section may be one of the best section of JMT.

I do not have any knowledge of PCT. So, I have filed the highly
recommended section of the American hiker, because I am also a
foreigner, and cannot visit USA except August.

Their recommended section:  reply to Hopeful hiker 						
				

diane at santabarbarahikes.com

I highly recommend doing the first section in Washington State, from
the Bridge of the Gods to White Pass. It has everything that is
wonderful about Washington plus what I thought was the absolute
highlight of the whole trail: the Goat Rocks. If you do it in August
you stand a chance of having great weather for your Goat Rocks
passage. The views are absolutely stunning.

My favorite part of the entire trail was California's Sections P and
Q. That's from Castle Crags to Seiad Valley. I think the guide book
says that's about 10 days worth.



Sean 'Miner' Nordeen

If you had more time, I'd recommend the 150miles from Tuolumne Meadows
to Echo Summit by Lake Tahoe since you can get public transportation
to Yosemite and from S. Lake Tahoe.  Another idea would be from Burney
Falls S.P. to Castle Crags at the I-5 (about 85miles) as you can use
the Amtrak to go to Redding and take a local bus up to Burney.  You
can catch the Amtrack in Dunsmuir off the I-5 when you are done.

rbalcorn at gmail.com

It's a little north of your specs, but from Elk Lake Resort to Timberline
Lodge is really a wonderful section - about 140 miles. Elk Lake Resort to
Big Lake Youth Camp is about 40 miles and also nice.




2011/1/1 kylie skidmore <kyliepete at gmail.com>:
> g'day, my folks are quite keen to join me for a wee bit of my hike - they're
> highly experienced walkers, however mum's hips are starting to restrict her
> distances. they'd be flying over from australia (and doing other things
> while they were visiting north america), so transport is potentially an
> issue - and gear may also determine where they can go. i was wondering if
> anyone could recommend small sections (<120km) of the pct which were
> particularly scenic or spectacular but also relatively accessible?
>
> thanks heaps, skids.
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2009 JMT, the first America.
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