[pct-l] Ride Suggestions Lee Vining to Sonora Pass

[Edward Anderson]

I have been both dropped off and picked up by the Crest Bus (ESTA) at the interection of 395 & 108. This was in 2011. Hitching west towards Sonora pass was easy - I barely got my "HIKER TO TRAIL" SIGN (although I only needed to hitch as far as the pack station, my sign read "Sonora Pass") out and my thumb up before the FIRST car stopped. My need was only to get to and from the Levitt Meadows Pack station, where I had parked my rig. Craig Randall had had one of his packers give me the ride east to the intersection, where I just waved and flagged down the bus. I had called the ESTA to ask the driver to stop. I waited at the PHONE BOOTH - which is about 100 yards north of the intersection. When I saw the bus coming, I stood part way on the road and signaled him to stop. No problem. 
 
MendoRider 
 

________________________________
 From: Ann Gerckens <volunteer_ann at sbcglobal.net>
To: PCT-L <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 11:40 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Ride Suggestions Lee Vining to Sonora Pass
  
Deems,
I don't care for hitching myself.
Your friends can definitely get from Lee Vining to Bridgeport as long as they 
are traveling on one of the days the EST goes to Reno-Mon, Tues, Thurs and 
Friday, I think.  They can probably even arrange to be dropped off at the 
intersection of Rt 395 (road to Reno) and Hwy 108 (road to Sonora Pass). I've 
used EST on several trips and they appear to be very user friendly.  However, 
this still leaves them hitchhiking up the road.  

For a fee, highsierrashuttle.com is probably an option.  Their website doesn't 
list Sonora as one of their trailheads, but I met them there last summer.  They 
quoted me $60 to take the 2 of us to Bridgeport if their client didn't show (at 
that point 1.5 hours late) and our ride didn't show (he did).  This does not 
strike me as an unreasonable
 price.  AT shuttles were running @$1 per mile when 
I finished the trail in '98 and those people weren't running licensed, insured 
shuttle businesses.  I think it is 38 miles from Sonora to Bridgeport.
Another possibility would be Craig Randall at the Leavitt Meadow Pack Station  
craig at leavittmeadows.com, 530.495.2196.  If he's not interested, he might know 
someone who is.  Don't expect an immediate response. There is no electricity at 
the pack station so email has to done on a trip to town.
FYI...the woman from HighSierraShuttle said more than 50% of the people driving 
to meet the shuttle at a trail head don't show up. How inconsiderate!


Ann Gerckens


"We all struggle with something, you can either be paralyzed by it or take 
action". - Patrick Dempsey, Remedy's Healthy Living, Winter
 2011.
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