[pct-l] General advice for a newcomer

[gschenk1 at roadrunner.com]

Mal,

Chuck's advice is excellent, as always.  As for permits, you should be able to get a permit during the week without too much trouble. A certain amount are reserved for walk ups, and some people cancel or no-show, and those become available.

If you do have trouble with a permit, you can always start out of Horseshoe Meadows. The advantage there is that you don't enter the Whitney Zone, plus it is far less crowded.

Have fun.

Gary

---- CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote: 
> Good afternoon, Mal,
> 
> August is a great time to hike the JMT.
> 
> To start at the southern end of the JMT I suggest flying to Reno/Tahoe
> Airport which is also a stop for Eastern Sierra Transit bus route
> http://www.estransit.com/CMS/content/welcome-esta .  The southbound bus
> stops at Lone Pine, CA which is the customary – and fairly easy -- place to
> find a ride up to Whitney Portal which is the southern end of the JMT.
> 
> I don’t have information on local permits because I’ve always hiked with a
> 500-mile PCTA permit.
> 
> Enjoy your visit,
> 
> Steel-Eye
> 
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> 
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> 
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:51 AM, malcolm pryke <malpryke at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All
> >
> >
> > I live in Austria and would like to attempt the PCT next year.  In
> > preparation for this I thought I could visit this year and do the John Muir
> > Trail. My problem is, I do not really know too much about the logistics of
> > doing this, and so I thought I would ask for some help and for some general
> > advice.
> >
> > 1) I would like to hike the JMT in August, is this advisable or should I
> > do it earlier/later?
> > 2) If I wanted to hike South to North, which is the best International
> > airport to fly to?
> > 3) Would it be advantageous to also take an internal flight to a nearer
> > airport or is public transport sufficient to get me to the trail head
> > 4)Where can I get my pass to enter the parks.  I fear I am too late to
> > reserve a pass for this year, so what are the odds of getting a pass if I
> > just turn up 1 day before and try to get one of  the remaining non
> > allocated passes.
> >
> >
> > Many thanks in advance for your help, I really appreciate it
> >
> > Mal
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