[pct-l] How to get from White Pass to Cascade Locks for a section hike?

[Jim Eagleton]

Google maps show the Cascade Locks off ramp is east of town and the on ramp is west of town.  If so, you are asking the driver to do a minor detour if the shoulder is not really big.  It never hurts to ask.  

 

If the driver says no, you are in Portland at 6:10 pm and the last bus to North Bonneville leave across the river in Vancouver at 6:15 pm.  That may mean a night in Portland.  Of course there is porbably a taxi from East Portland (Troutdale?)  

Jim
 
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 12:37:39 -0800
> From: jeff.whitmer at gmail.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] How to get from White Pass to Cascade Locks for a section hike?
> 
> Has anyone ever gotten a Greyhound to stop along the route and let you off
> somewhere that is not an approved stop? It looks like I can Greyhound
> it Hood River, 20 miles short of Cascade Locks. The bus actually goes right
> by Cascade Locks, but they don't have a stop there.
> 
> I don't see any regionals that do that route, but I'll try calling the Gorge
> Tranist people tomorrow.
> 
> I briefly entertained the thought of biking it, which I have done before
> elsewhere, but I don't want to leave a bike capable of doing 150 miles of
> road chained at the trailhead.
> 
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Dan Larson <dan.uhaul.larson at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > You could always take a more direct route back using a bike with panniers,
> > and ride from White Pass (mostly downhill) to Cascade Locks on some amazing
> > roads. I hiked most of that section last year in one- to three-day segments
> > using my truck and bike. Simply stash the bike near the trailhead locked up
> > (or not) with a tarp over it and then camouflage it. Do the bike shuttle
> > before or after your hike.
> >
> > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Julie Flaming <julie.flaming at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Jim -
> > >
> > > If you're looking at mass transit, try
> > > http://www.c-tran.com/system-map.html - C-tran - Vancouver's public
> > > transit
> > > and
> > > http://www.trimet.org/ - Tri-Met
> > >
> > > Take Tri-Met light rail (aka "the Max" ) to the Parkrose/Sumner Transit
> > > Center and transfer to any of three c-tran lines going into Vancouver.
> > >
> > > Julie
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Jim Eagleton <eagleton at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm hoping to use your link:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.gorgetranslink.com/ska_fr.html
> > > >
> > > > to get from Vancouver, WA to North Bonneville /Stevenson / Carson
> > across
> > > > from Cascade locks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone gone from the Portland, OR airport to Vancouver, WA
> > recently?
> > > > I'm having trouble with my googling skills.
> > > >
> > > > toc
> > > >
> > > > > Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 16:33:06 -0800
> > > > > From: jeff.whitmer at gmail.com
> > > > > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > > > > Subject: Re: [pct-l] How to get from White Pass to Cascade Locks for
> > a
> > > > section hike?
> > > > >
> > > > > A few minutes of googling did turn up this, but it looks pretty
> > > outdated.
> > > > > http://www.gorgetranslink.com/regional.html
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