[pct-l] Gas canister availability on PCT

[Daniel Zellman]

We used a Solo Stove (http://www.solostove.com/), with the optional alcohol
burner through California, and loved it for its versatility, but finally
decided to switch out to a little Coleman canister stove somewhere around
Ashland (don't remember exactly), main reason being the uncertainty of
finding alcohol along the trail. Gas canisters were pretty widely
available, as Kevin's list posted by Yoshiro indicates, but we had them
shipped to our resupply stops, since we weren't willing to risk running out
of fuel and being unable to cook. (This was our main motivation for the
using the Solo in the first place, as it gives you the option of using
biomass, but biomass of course leaves everything sooty and black, and is
also very labor- and time-consuming -- in order to get and keep a hot
enough flame to boil water, you have to keep constantly feeding tiny twigs
into the thing, and it can be pretty cumbersome.)

Shipping the canisters is no problem if you order them on Amazon well
enough in advance to allow for ground shipping (usually it was eight to ten
days).

-dz
(Co-captain, Team No Hurries)


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Rob McKay <Rob at assess.co.nz> wrote:
Hi - I note in Yogie's Handbook all hikers are using alcohol stoves - Have
one and used it for a while, but weight for simplicity, just love my Ti
Jetboil - What are supply towns like re gas canisters? I see "Bigfoot"
changed to jetboil half way - Bigfoot, r u out there? what was availability
for gas canisters like? Here in NZ they are very popular for TA Trail
hikers. Thanks Rob



On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com
> wrote:

>  Kevin Taylor <kevin_c_taylor at yahoo.com> updated :
> 2013/12/15
>
>
> 1,   Campo; Alcohol
> 43, Mt. Laguna; Alcohol,butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 77, Julian ?
> 110, Warner Springs; Alcohol
> 179, Idyllwild; Alcohol,butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 274, Big Bear; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister) at Big 5, white gas
>
> 364, Wrightwood; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 455, Agua Dulce; Alcohol,butane/propane (canister), white gas (REI side
> trip or at Hikerheaven)
> 559, Mojave; Alcohol
> 559, Tehachapi; Alcohol,butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 652, Lake Isabella; Alcohol
> 703, Kennedy Meadows; Alcohol,butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 745, Lone Pine; Alcohol,butane/propane (canister), white gas
> Bishop; Alcohol, butane/propane(canister), white gas
> 789, Independence; butane/propane(canister) at both gas stations.
> 856, Muir Ranch, Alcohol,butane/propane (canister), white gas could be
> available in the elaborate hiker
> box they have located here.  Please don't count on the hiker box for your
> resupply.  The Muir Ranch has also sold a limited amount of hiking type
> supplies including canister fuel to hikers in the past. Remember supplies
> here are
> limited and vary from day due to day the infrequent stocking of supplies
> and isolated location.
> 877, Vermillion Valley Resort; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white
> gas
> 902, Reds Meadow; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas
> Mammoth; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 942, Tuolumne Meadows; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 1095, Echo Lake; None
> 1095, South Tahoe; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 1198, Sierra City; Alcohol
> 1290, Belden; Alcohol
> 1335, Chester; butane/propane (canister) at hardware/fishing supply
> (expensive)
> 1378, Old Station; Alcohol
> 1424, Burney Falls State Park; Alcohol
> 1424, Town of Burney; Alcohol
> 1506, Castella; Alcohol
> 1506, Dunsmuir; Alcohol
> 1506, Mt. Shasta; Alcohol,butane/propane (canister)
> 1606, Etna; Alcohol (check hardware store for butane/propane (canister) and
> possible white gas).
> 1662, Seiad Valley; Alcohol, butane/propane canisters at stores.
> 1727, Callahans Lodge; None
> 1727, Ashland; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 1835, Crater Lake; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 1912, Shelter Cove; Alcohol
> 1958, Elk Lake Resort; None
> 1989, Sisters; Alcohol,Bend REI Alcohol/butane/propane (canister), white
> gas
> 2107, Timberline Lodge; None
> 2155, Cascade Locks; Alcohol
> Portland; Alcohol, butane/propane(canister), white gas
> 2303, White Pass; Alcohol, canister (limited supply)
> Packwood; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas
> 2402, Snoqualmie Pass; Alcohol
> 2476, Skykomish/ Baring/Dinsmores; Alcohol. Dinsmores might have
> butane/propane canisters in 2014.
> 2574, Stehekin; Alcohol, butane/propane (canister), white gas (supplies at
> the camp store, along bus
> route, can easily run out during peak hiking season)
>
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