[pct-l] Parking at Reds Meadow after trail project

[Sir Mix-a-lot]

Thanks again.  Right now I have a couple plans.

The first includes parking at the Mammoth Mountain Main Lodge parking lot.
 Parking there would allow me to store my extra food in their rental ski
lockers.  I'd then take the shuttle to the trail.

The second is parking at the trail head.  I'll need an access pass to drive
into the area, but I'll already have that.  I'll ask the camp host if I can
store my excess food in a food locker.

The third is to get signed up to a longterm trail project in that area and
see if that trail crew will let me store my extra food with them while I'm
backpacking on my own and then join up with them when I'm done.

No matter which one I choose, a bear canister is required while camping on
the trail, so I'll rent a canister for $5 a week from the ranger's office to
use while I'm out backpacking since my canister is currently on loan to a
thru hiker.

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Lee Staley <leestcoast at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On May 25, 2011, at 7:44 AM, Ate Tuna wrote:
>
> > Anyone know of a place I can park my car while I hike the trail in that
> > area, preferably for as close to free as possible?
>
> You leave your car at the Mammoth Mountain ski area and take the shuttle
> bus to Red's Meadow.  You could also park at Horseshoe Lake and hike over
> the Mammoth Crest to hit the JMT/PCT 4 miles south of Red's meadow.
>
> You could leave your car in the backpacker/hiking parking at either Devil's
> Post Pile or Red's Meadow.  If you show your wilderness permit at the
> Minaret Summit entrance, I think the Forest Service only charges you a fee
> for  going in, instead of both going in and leaving.
>
> Cruz Control
>
>


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Sir Mix-a-lot