[pct-l] hostel

[Timothy Nye]

The folks in Etna were interested in selling the B&B, Alder Brook Manor, 
with the hiker hut.  This wouldn't be an addition, but would preserve an option for the trail community in a pretty nice setting and area of the trail.

Gourmet

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On Feb 23, 2013, at 1:00 PM, "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob at comcast.net> wrote:

> Respectfully, I seriously doubt Stabler would be economically feasible, even
> considering that most thru-hikers take the shorter (14 road vs. 35 trail
> miles) road walk from Cascade Locks to Panther Creek campground and must
> pass the store midway to Panther Creek. It is still only 7.6 miles from
> Cascade Locks - a traditional re-supply/zero day on-trail stop. Hikers
> taking the PCT from Cascade Locks will cross the wind River Road 1 mile
> north of Stabler. Logically, it would make a nice resupply stop for them,
> but an unlikely layover point, as they've only been on trail for 2 days
> since Cascade Locks.
> 
> I doubt you'd get much overnight tourist traffic either, with Cascade Locks,
> Portland, and Vancouver just a few miles further south. More to the point,
> the current owner couldn't make it as a store and gas station; what chance
> would a hostel have?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Dan Jacobs
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 12:34 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] hostel
> 
> Stabler store, Stabler, WA, might still be available. It was for sale,
> closed down, on a major road into the forest for all kind of activities,
> close to PCT.
> 
> Dan Jacobs
> Washougal
> 
> 
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