[cdt-l] Resupply by possible 2007 CDT Hiker

[Ginny & Jim Owen]

Two things - on our website we have recently updated the town information,  
which should give you a pretty good idea of where you need a resupply drop 
and where you don't.

There are very few places that really require a drop, and many of those can 
be avoided by going to other towns or carrying more food.  i.e. instead of a 
maildrop at South Pass or Atlantic city you can hitch to Lander,  instead of 
maildrop at Twin Lakes go another day to Turquoise Lake or two days to 
Tennessee Pass and hitch to Leadville, instead of Big Sandy carry enough 
food to go the entire route through the Winds or head to Pinedale, instead 
of Benchmark carry enough to go through the Bob and Scapegoat, instead of 
Macks Inn hitch to West Yellowstone.

See:  http://spiriteaglehome.com/cdt06%20miles.html
The town descriptions are at the bottom.

We also link to "Mike and Kams Shop as U -Go Page" -  
http://cdt2003.info/shopgo.htm which has information from their 2003 hike on 
hiking the CDT without maildrops.

Others will have their own experiences.  Pie Town is the one place that you 
really need a mail drop.  Getting a ride from there to anyplace with a 
grocery can be a long long wait.  We also did a drop in the Gila, Ghost 
Ranch, Big Sandy and Benchmark.  That was it.  The rest of the time we 
bought along the way.

The only hiker boxes I remember were at Nita's in Pie Town, Benchmark and at 
the Whistling Swan motel in E. Glacier.  Except for Nita's, they didn't have 
much.

Ginny


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>From: "Trevor Lind" <ltrevor at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
>To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
>Subject: [cdt-l] Resupply by possible 2007 CDT Hiker
>Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:19:37 -0800
>
>I may hike the CDT this year. It depends on a few things. On the PCT in 
>2002 I did one or two resupply drops and wished I had done one to what I 
>think is called Kennedy Meadows right before you enter the Sierras. For the 
>most part I was quite happy to buy my resupply in the towns the trail 
>passes. Any thoughts on how feasible this is on the CDT? Also do trail 
>towns have hiker boxes on the CDT?
> 
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