[pct-l] Canister Fuel Sizes

[wayneskraft at comcast.net (Wayne Kraft)]

Actually, Sisters to Bend is 22 miles.
Add that to the distance from either Santiam Pass or McKenzie Pass to  
Sisters and I think it would be just as quick to resupply out of Elk  
Lake if you have to go to Bend.  Bend is strung out for several miles  
along Hwy 97.  GI Joes is on the north end of town and would be  
closer to Sisters.  REI is mid-town and would be more accessible from  
Elk Lake.  I  am sure there are at least a dozn places to buy  
isobutane cannisters in Bend.  You could also do a full resupply and  
probably find isobutane at the big resort community of Sunriver,  
which would probably be no harder to get to from Elk Lake than would  
Bend  and is more walker friendly.  Are we sure the outfitter in  
Sisters that closed down is the only place there that sells  
isobutane?  What about that little shopping center on the north end  
toward Black Butte Resort?

Wayne Kraft


On Feb 15, 2006, at 10:21 AM, M A wrote:

> When in the Sisters area, one can go several miles down a busy road  
> to GI Joes (et al in Bend) and pickup fuel canisters.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Frank Dumville" <fdumville@earthlink.net>
>> To: "Ryan Christensen" <ryan_christensen@sbcglobal.net>, pct- 
>> l@mailman.backcountry.net
>> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Canister Fuel Sizes
>> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:43:00 -0800
>>
>>
>> I used 8 oz. cans on my long hikes. Less mailing and easier to find.
>>
>> Don't send a fuel can in your  resupply box. Send the resupply  
>> package
>> priority mail and the can in a separate ground only package. The  
>> only box I
>> missed was a resupply box with a fuel can I sent ground, against  
>> Yogi's
>> advice. The PO office didn't loose it, but delivered it long after I
>> passed. I did get cans I mailed individually.
>>
>> The outfitter in Sisters, OR closed at the end of August. There  
>> was no
>> other source of isobutane in town.
>>
>> When I hiked southbound through Washington and Oregon last summer  
>> I only
>> mailed fuel to Washington. I had a partner in Washington but  
>> figured I
>> would switch to alcohol in Oregon when solo. However, I was always  
>> able to
>> find enough fuel in hiker boxes so I never switched to alcohol.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>> [Original Message]      I have been trying to decide between
>>> buying 4 oz isobutane canisters or
>> 8 oz canisters for the PCT.
>>>   For those who have experience this: What would you choose?   A
>>> big plus side to the 8 oz is that you do not have to ship as many
>>> of
>> them, thus having less of a chance of a re-supply box not arriving  
>> because
>> it was shipped ground only.
>>>
>>>   Ryan
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