[pct-l] Dropping off Bear Canisters

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon, Mark,

I carry the ‘can all the way to where I resupply from Echo Summit.  Towards
the end of a section the food load will be so light that the additional
weight of the ‘can will be less significant.  Overall, I think doing so is
more efficient than trying to get off-trail earlier at the expense of
longer and slower round-trip hitches.

Steel-Eye

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On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Mark Halverstadt <markhalverstadt at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hey PCT-L,
> I dunno about you guys but I want to drop off that 2lb. 9oz. bearvault as
> soon as I can. But where? After Tuolumne Meadows the first road you hit is
> Highway 108 and we are officially out of bear canister zone. There is the
> Northern Kennedy Meadows Resort about 10 Miles west on 108 but I don't
> think they accept any outgoing mail to ship your bear can.  The other
> option is hitching east down 108 to 395 to the town of Bridgeport. But that
> is a 30 something mile Hitch, probably not that fun to get there and back,
> I keep thinking about the wasted time that could happen. Then there is just
> going straight up to Echo Lake. However, that makes it about a 150 mile
> stretch from Tuolumne, thus carrying more food plus those damn bear cans
> all the way there. So, what are your guys' plans for ditching those damn
> bear cans? Where are you doing it? Past Hikers please let us know your
> experience!! Thanks!
>
> Mark
>