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[pct-l] resupply strategies for 2004?
Here is how I resupplied for the CA portion of the PCT in 2003.
A more detailed write up can be found at
mypage.iu.edu/~chwillet/travel/PCT/resupply.html
I'm not a picky eater. Mac and Cheese, Ramen, Lipton's, etc, for
dinner. Lots of snickers bars, tortillas, crackers, cookies,
peanut butter, nutella, nuts for lunches. Assorted
granola bars for breakfast. With than in mind, keep reading.
I started with 2 days of food. Then,
1) Mt. Laguna. Tiny store, but good enough. It takes only cash. No
credit cards.
2) Warner Springs. Maildrop from home. You could resupply at the
gas station, but it is tight there.
3) Idyllwild. Big store, big town. No need for a maildrop.
4) Big Bear City. Lots of stores. The one across from the PO is
medium sized and is easy to resupply in. Larger stores further
a field, but there is a bus system in town.
5) Cajon Pass. The gas station next to the McDonald's is perfectly
adequate for resupply and had a good selection of the Mrs.Fields
cookies that I came to loved.
6) Agua Dulce. The little store in town can be used for
resupply. Much better, though, is to stay with the
Saufley's and borrow a car to go into one of the larger
towns in the area, where there are regular supermarkets.
Bought and mailed food to Kennedy Meadows and VVR (see later
note).
7) Mojave. Big supermarket about a mile from Whites motel.
No HEET or denatured in town when I was there.
8) Kennedy Meadows. Maildrop from Agua Dulce. Supplies at the
general store, but a maildrop is probably best here if you are
planning not to get out at Lone Pine or Independence. HEET.
9) VVR. Maildrop from AD, but unnecessary. Lots of reasonably
priced food here, along with denatured, cannisters, and White Gas.
10) Tuolumne Meadows. Good store, easy resupply.
11) South Lake Tahoe. If you pass it up, you're a fool.
Caesar's buffet is the best AYCE on trail, although be
warned that they'll kick you out after 3 hours (2 hour
time limit), as happened to at least 2 hikers this summer.
Big stores.
12) Sierra City. Smallish store, but relatively easy resupply.
Sent a food drop to Burney Falls SP.
13) Belden. Skip it. You can buy supplies out of the store, though.
Keep pushing to Chester.
14)Chester. I didn't resupply here, although there is a big store
in town. Good eats at the Kopper Kettle.
15) Burney Falls SP. You can resupply out of the camp store,
but it is pricey. The most expensive food on the trail, easily.
I sent a maildrop.
16) Dunsmuir. Good store in town. HEET at the automotive parts
store across from the B&B. You can resupply at the gas station
(Amarattis) in Castella.
17) Seiad Valley. Resupply at the small store.
Chris
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, David Tibor wrote:
> Hi there all.
>
> Well, the procrastination must end and the planning
> for 2004 must begin. I'll be hiking the CA portion of
> the PCT, starting at the kick off party.
>
> Now that many of you have done the trail once or more,
> do any of you have a recommended resupply strategy? I
> can see mailing most of my packages with all the food
> I need, except where there is a real market to
> purchase from that is convenient to the trail/hitch.
> I'll also have a bounce box for random things, and
> perhaps for a portable CD burner for my digital
> camera.
>
> Can anyone give me their tips and ideas on their ideal
> resupply strategy? (Or point me to theirs on various
> web sites, etc. where they have been posted already?)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dave T.
>
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