[pct-l] hostel

[Tom Weir]

"More to the point, the current owner couldn't make it as a store and gas
station; what chance would a hostel have?"

 

Maybe a store/gas station combined with a hostel would survive.  You have to
diversify.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Bob Bankhead
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:00 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] hostel

 

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?