[pct-l] Hat Creek Rim conditions?

[ROYROBIN at aol.com (ROYROBIN@xxxxxxx)]

Hello DP!  

Yes, Chester is a great trail stop.  In '99, I and a friend I was hiking with 
ran into serious snow near Cold Spring and Humbug Road, resulting in an 
unanticipated stay in Chester.  June 20th was too early, at least that year, to be 
hiking the PCT in that area. 

Since we looked like typical thruhikers, i.e., bums, we were turned away from 
one motel but were welcome at the Antlers Motel.  It was old but charming, 
and the people there were friendly and helpful.

The Kopper Kettle Cafe served a huge and tasty breakfast.  Not fast service, 
but worth waiting for.  We had dinner at the Timber House Restaurant, a 
fascinating place built almost entirely from tree stumps that had been cut into 
large blocks.  

This was four years ago.  Things can change.  But Chester rates high on my 
list of PCT town stops.     
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In a message dated 6/3/03 3:27:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
plotnikoff@sjmercury.com writes:

> -- does
> anyone have any motel and restaurant picks for Chester? If you have a trail
> town memory there that's very good or very bad with food and lodging, let
> me know. Seems like too few thru-hikers consider Chester as a major town
> stop, and that's a pity ...
> 
>