[pct-l] RE: Muir Trail Ranch vs. VVR

[scourtway@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Steve Courtway)]

The question of which to use as a resupply point
1/2 way thru the trek from KM -> TM lies in what
you want from your experience.

You will either:

1) want to get some "real" food, and VVR has that,
along with a, shall we say, "unique california backwoods
redneck fishing outpost" feel to it.

or

2) not want to interrupt the free flow of the wilderness
experience you are in the middle of and opt. to just drop
in at MTR, pick up your drop, and flow on.

Steve




----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Ellinwood" <rellinwood@worldnet.att.net>
To: "'Paul Weader'" <pweader@hotmail.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: [pct-l] RE: Muir Trail Ranch


> 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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