[pct-l] reds meadow store for resupply?

[ccleveland at gmail.com (Clinton Cleveland)]

Hi,
 You *could* resupply there, but the selection is pretty limited.
You can get a free shuttle from Devil's Postpile/Red's Meadow to the Mammoth 
ski area and then take the bike shuttle into town where there's a good 
mountaineering store (possibly several) and grocery stores and whatnot.
I think the return shuttle trip from the mountain down to the Postpile costs 
$14 or something (maybe it's $7 - can't remember). We spent the night in a 
hotel, but did it without actually taking a day off hiking. Just don't miss 
the burgers at Red's...
 Clint
 2005/8/25, msarahm@cox.net <msarahm@cox.net>: 
> 
> I'll be passing through the Devil's Postpile in a couple of weeks. I see 
> that Red's Meadow will hold a package for $25 plus a daily fee. Is their 
> store substantial enough that I can buy food instead of mailing a resupply? 
> Alternately, how's the trip into Mammoth? I assume they have grocery stores 
> there?
> 
> My scary noises story: In 1999 I did the JMT. My partner and I camped at 
> either Shadow Lake or Ediza, (coincidentally close to Red's Meadow, but I 
> don't remember their store!). In the late afternoon, a father and two 
> daughters walked in, daughters around ages 14 and 8. They were very tired 
> and we offered to share our camp site. Dad hadn't camped in a *long* time. 
> Around sunset, he tied the smallest girl's backpack across to another tree. 
> A bear had it about 10 minutes later. We could hear the bear crunching on 
> food (1/2 lb hard candies) and grunting with pleasure down the hill. The 
> bear got all their food including a couple dehydrated meals, a bottle of 
> squeeze parkay that was licked clean, everything. They were spooked and set 
> up their tent VERY close to ours.
> 
> In the middle of the night I heard a noise that woke me up. My heart was 
> beating as I strained to listen. Was the bear patrolling our camp? The noise 
> was so strange, so sinister. After a few minutes I realized I was hearing 
> the father snore!
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sarah
> msarahm@cox.net
> 
> 
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