[pct-l] Fwd: Airport access from PCT

[Stephen Clark]

Agreed that Mojave is more likely hop-off point than anywhere farther north
given the time frame (unless one starts the trail in Feb. or early Mar.).

I would, however, consider hitching from there to Lancaster and taking  the
bus Antelope Valley Transit Authority <http://www.avta.com/> 661.945.9445,
ext. 200 back to Ontario Airport...

It's about 1/2 the distance to Las Vegas and I do know that American and
United Airlines fly out of Ontario to the east coast.

Snake Charmer


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pat <krozby at zoominternet.net>
> Date: Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Airport access from PCT
> To: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
>
>
> Have to agree on the time frame. I'd figure on tehachapi or mojave
> then catch a bus to Las Vegas, usually cheaper to fly outta there. The
> bus stops at the McDonalds in Mojave, I think it also stops in
> Tehachapi.
> Pat
>
>
>
> On 1/19/2014 3:07 PM, Brick Robbins wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:12 PM, walt Durling <durlfam4 at icloud.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> figure out where to leave the trail and fly back to the east coast to
> attend my son's marine corps graduation on 30 May (following in his old
> man's footsteps), and then fly back a week later to pick up where I left
> off.  My initial impression is that leaving from south Lake Tahoe via
> shuttle to Reno seems the most logical.  But that means getting through the
> Sierras post haste.  I'm 61 and would have to average  a full 20 per day to
> make it on time if I leave late March or a couple of days later.  It seems
> a close call.<
> >
> > In an average year, this time frame is not realistic. Most people do
> > not enter the Sierra at KM till mid June doe to snow pack. Snow will
> > REALLY slow you down, and a late season storm could kill you. Of
> > course this is a record low snow year.... but there is lots of winter
> > left to change that.
> >
> > I think it would be much more realistic to exit the trail somewhere
> > between Agua Dulce and Techachipi, get to Lancaster and take the
> > Metrolink into LA, then fly out of LAX.
> >
> > All IMHO YMMV
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