[pct-l] looking for an east of shasta cutoff advice

[Roger Carpenter]

Roni,
I agree with Marshall...take the PCT all the way.  The section between
Burney Falls and Castella is not so nice, but the section from Castella to
Seiad Valley and on into Oregon is great!  You should be able to hike 15
miles per day especially by resupplying in Etna, Seiad Valley and again at
Callahan's on I-5.  The reason the PCT was routed to the west of Mt. Shasta
is because of the hot, dry conditions you would find if you take the
shortcut you propose.  And why would you not want to eat pancakes in Seiad
Valley?

Roger


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> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:10 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] looking for an east of shasta cutoff advice
>
>
> Possibly vetran hikers from the 70's can help me.
>
>   I found out that hiking 15 mile days is far nicer than hiking
> 25 mile days so, I'm looking a shortcut to the pct from burney to
> somewhere in oregon, that would possibly cut off 100-200 miles of
> hiking while keeping my continuety.  That should possibly be done
> by road walking (preferebly on dirt roads) east of shasta.
>   I thing that in the 70s that was the route evryone took so if
> someone has any route suggestions for such road-walking, which
> would include as much interesting hiking as possible, as much
> water, and as little pavment as possible, please e-mail me.
>
>   I'm thinking that I'll take digital pictures of maps, and
> navigate by them, and I hope to find a delorme atlas in old
> station or burney (theres none here in chester).
>
>
>   Thanks
>
>   Roni (now in chester, and in a few days in old station)
>
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