[pct-l] camp urich logistical question

[griffin at u.washington.edu (Tom Griffin)]

You can't get there from here...

The public transportation options between Seattle and the PCT are 
terrible now that Greyhound has stopped serving Snoqualmie Pass.

In your case, I can't find anything that links Seattle to Greenwater (a 
very small town on the road to Mt. Rainier and Cayuse Pass that won't 
have taxis anyway). My advice, take a bus to Mt. Rainier and hike the 
park's trails until they link with the PCT (You'll be on the famous 
Wonderland Trail for part of that trip). According to the Sea-Tac 
Airport Web site, there are two services that can take you to Mt. 
Rainier:

Grayline Tours
(206) 626-5205

Rainier Shuttle (May 10 - Oct 1)
Reservations recommended. (360) 569-2331

You are going to have a great trip. Mt. Rainier is so out of scale 
compared to the surrounding mountains that it sometimes doesn't look 
real. The Goat Rocks are (is?) one of my all-time favorite sections of 
the PCT (see my Web site for photos and trip reports).

Tom Griffin
Seattle
PCT Pages: http://staff.washington.edu/griffin/pct.html

On Jul 19, 2005, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request@mailman.backcountry.net 
wrote:

>
> From: Jeffrey Keeler <jake_keeler@yahoo.com>
> Date: July 18, 2005 4:57:10 PM PDT
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] camp urich logistical question
>
>
> Hello all,
> My wife(recently) and I are planning to hike a section of the PCT in 
> couple of weeks time an want to start east of Seattle and then hike 
> south toward the Oregon border. We have read some "unpleasant" things 
> about the section south of Snoqualmie Pass and are trying to figure 
> out a way to hop on the trail further south, like at Camp Urich and 
> Goverment Meadows. I have found the town of Greenwater to the West of 
> Camp Urich, but have been pretty unsuccessful finding transportation 
> options to get to camp urich and I am not even entirely sure of the 
> existing roads in the direction of Camp Urich as the National Forest 
> Service website was totally unhelpful. We will be starting in Seattle 
> and needing to use public transportation to get from Seattle. We are 
> not opposed to hiring a taxi/ walking a significant way into the PCT 
> trail from Greenwater if this indeed would be the best town to enter 
> the PCT from, but we would very much appreciate advise any of you 
> might have about routes, companies to contact, condition and 
> feasibility of roads, etc. Thank you.
>