[pct-l] RE: Muir Trail Ranch

[rellinwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Ellinwood)]

Yes, I have used MTR.  Yes, initially they seem expensive.  $45 for a
food drop bucket (see their instructions). I used them before because of
their extreme convenience and location just off the PCT/JMT... and I
didn't have to worry about the timing of catching a boat ride.

Most other hikers use VVR.  It has an ambience that seems to attract
hikers. As I have read logs and posts from hikers this winter, however,
I hear admissions that the cost ended up being far greater at VVR when
all the extras - food, package fee, tenting (if more than the single
night), and the boat ride, are added up. I have read several hikers
talking in terms of $140 or more, as a final cost.  Yet, everyone seems
to want to go there.  OK!

Not given to herd mentality, this summer, we will probably not go there,
but elect to swing by MTR again and then move up to Sally Keyes Lakes
for good camping. They were quite pleasant with me at MTR last time and
we are more interested in moving on, at that point of the hike, than
getting sucked into a "time out," no matter how much fun and atmospheric
it might be.  To each his/her own...

No need to flame with one's passionate feelings about VVR. That's an
acknowledged "given" and well documented.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-admin@mailman.backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-
> admin@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Paul Weader
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:25 PM
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Re: PCT-L digest, Vol 1 #830 - 20 msgs
>
> Anyone have experience or an opinion on using the Muir Trail Ranch as
a
> resupply point?  From their printed flier, they seem to be well
organized
> (although at $45 per package, expensive).
>
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