[pct-l] Post offices hold packages for only 15 days?

[Jackie McDonnell]

The PCTA website gives the exact regulations.  However, the truth is that
trail town Post Offices have Postmasters who understand PCT hikers; they
generally will hold packages longer than the 15-day limit.  If you have
concerns, call the Post Offices yourself.  All the PO phone numbers are
printed in my book.

FYI, packages sent to Kennedy Meadows go to the store.  It is not a Post
Office.

Yogi
www.yogisbooks.com
On Mar 23, 2014 4:33 PM, "Simon Deleersnyder" <simon.deleersnyder at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just read on the PCTA website that post offices only have to hold
> packages for 15 days. How is it then possible that people prepare all of
> their food in advance and then ship it to the different post offices along
> the trail BEFORE they start?
>
> Also, I think that most hikers ship their snow equipment (whether it's
> necessary or not this year) to Kennedy Meadows before they start the trail.
> So this package will be there fore 2 months, isn't that a problem as well?
>
> And in Ashland, and Cascade Locks it's the same problem I guess since most
> of the hikers prepare all of their Oregon packages in Ashland, and all of
> their Washington packages in Cascade Locks. This means that you have to
> cross both Oregon and Washington in 15 days each?
>
> Simon
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