[pct-l] Re-supply

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Aimless,

Buy-as-you-go resupply depends greatly how particular you are, and whether
you have any specific dietary needs.  I primarily resupply through boxes
from home in Oregon, but I can also get by nicely on locally-purchased
items.  Since I eat cold, no-cook food on the trail much of what I eat is
snack-food anyway.  http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=165752

Trail references, like Yogi’s handbook, give a pretty good description of
food store opportunities at the various common on-trail, or near-trail,
towns.  Even many devoted buy-as-you-go hikers stop at certain towns and
not only resupply for the next segment, but they also buy more and send it
ahead by USPS Priority Mail.  For example:  One can buy in Mojave or
Tehachapi  and send ahead to Kennedy Meadows.  At Independence or Lone Pine
one can send a box to Tuolumne Meadows with food to get to Reno/Tahoe.
  Ashland
in S. Oregon is a common – and very good – resupply stop where boxes can be
sent ahead to 3-4 additional points in Oregon.  Similarly, the last stop in
Oregon -- Cascade Locks -- is a good resupply point exactly on the trail
and boxes can be prepared and sent ahead to points in Washington; all of
them to the Canada/US border if one likes.

Enjoy your planning,

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Geoff Eldridge
<geoff.eldridge at live.co.uk>wrote:

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> I live in the UK and I am considering doing the PCT next year but there
> are somethings I need to know before making that final decision.It is not
> possible to re-supply with food parcels sent up the trail for collection
> from the UK because of customs restrictions on food stuffs so:- (1)  Is the
> currently in place any kind of structure in the States that could help me
> out with this? (2)  Is it viable to do the trail on only what I could
> purchase as I went along.   Thanks Geoff Eldridge(The Aimless Rambler)
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