[pct-l] Tahoe Rim Trail Parking

[Jim Banks]

Ned, I get your point, but my experience over the years is the opposite.  I
would rather leave my vehicle at a remote spot that is unlikely to be
visited by your every day rift raft that can drive by your vehicle and see
it from a highway and case it out for a few days.  How often can the Sheriff
drive by?  If it is a parking lot for a place of business, that is
different.

I-Beam

-----Original Message-----
From: ned at mountaineducation.org [mailto:ned at mountaineducation.org] 
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 11:10 AM
To: Jim Banks; 'Sean Nordeen'; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tahoe Rim Trail Parking

Sean,

Keep in mind the little parking lot at the top of Barker Pass does not
receive a lot of traffic nor visibility, so I would question the safety of
any vehicle left there for a week or two, especially when compared to the
busy Echo Chalet lot!

Consider the many other busy trailhead lots like:
-  north side of Spooner Summit (south side is a little bit off the road and
not as easily watched by the Sheriff),
-  Kingsbury south lot at the base of the Stagecoach chairlift is well lit
and a busy place,
-  Tahoe City, both north and south-bound,
-  Tahoe Meadows, (")



Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education
www.mountaineducation.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Banks
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 10:03 PM
To: 'Sean Nordeen' ; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tahoe Rim Trail Parking

There is a parking lot at the trailhead at Barker Pass.  Barker Pass is at
PCT mile 1129 approximately and just a few miles south of where the TRT
breaks off from the PCT and heads north east.  The road to Barker Pass is
about 7 miles long from the intersection with Highway 89, all but the last
1/2 mile is paved and the last 1/2 mile is a good gravel road.  A car would
have no problems with the road.  I left my truck there for a few days and
had no problems.

I-Beam

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Sean Nordeen
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 9:25 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Tahoe Rim Trail Parking

Where would be a good place to leave a car for 1.5-2 weeks while thru-hiking
the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT)?  The trailhead at Echo Summit is the only place
I'm familiar with due to thru-hiking the PCT in 2009.  The resort at Echo
Lake will be in transition to shutting down at some point this month so I
don't know if that's even an option.  I'm most likely starting next weekend
with a small possibility of starting the following weekend (still doing some
final negotiation at work on which would be better).

I'm posting here since the PCT and TRT share trail through the Desolation
Wilderness and because I know a few people who post here live in the area.

Thanks!
-Sean "Miner" Nordeen
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