[Cdt-l] Resupply on the CDT

[Rick Ostheimer]

Definitely, get Yogi's CDT guide.

I was nobo starting at Crazy Cook and /did/ use a bounce bucket, since I 
didn't want to burden my wife with posting packages.  Thus, I was 
totally self-supported on the trail.  The maps resided in my bounce 
bucket (along with prescriptions, repair items, etc.).   I wound up 
breaking my trek up into "chunks".  I'll do the last chunks, Buffalo 
Pass to Rawlins and Helena to Waterton, this year.  My recommended 
bounce bucket locations (also zero locations):  Silver City, Grants, 
Leadville, Steamboat Springs, West Yellowstone (I hiked the "official 
route thru Targhee Pass and highly recommend it), Helena, and East 
Glacier.  I also had my BB at Chama, but don't recommend it.

I mailed food boxes ahead to: Doc Campbells and Pietown from Silver 
City; Ghost Ranch from Grants; South Pass City and Brooks Lake Lodge 
(UPS only) from Rawlins (could also send from Pinedale); Lima, Leadore, 
and Sula Country Store from W. Yellowstone;  and this year I send to 
Lincoln and Benchmark from Helena.

I resupplied for the next section at: Lordsburg, Silver City, Grants, 
Cuba, Chama, Pagosa Springs, Silverton, Lake City, Salida, Leadville, 
Frisco, Grand Lake, Steamboat, Encampment, Rawlins, Pinedale, Old 
Faithful Village, West Yellowstone, Butte, and will resupply this year 
at Helena and East Glacier.

I strongly advise using priority mail for any packages or envelopes (as 
in maps) you send ahead.  In a pinch, you may be able to call the post 
office to arrange to forward those if you'll be arriving after closing 
on Saturday.  Be sure the "forward to" location agrees to take the package.

Handlebar



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