[pct-l] Dropping off Bear Canisters

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

In 2008 I was hiking with Pickles and Gator and they managed to sell  
their bear canister on the trail to a southbound hiker. They were  
somewhere south of Carson Pass when they made the transaction. You  
never know what opportunities will come your way. You might even find  
it easy enough to go to Bridgeport as the hamburgers really start  
calling to you loudly by then.

On Apr 5, 2013, at 7:25 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Mark Halverstadt <markhalverstadt at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Dropping off Bear Canisters
>
> 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