[pct-l] Upcoming Tahoe hike

[Rick Donahue]

Just another opinion or option to consider. My wife and I hiked it a few
years ago starting
from Big Meadows hiking counter clockwise. We liked having food/beer/hotel
at about the
halfway point when we got to Tahoe City. When you get back to your car you
can drive
close by in South Lake Tahoe for another beer(s).

--Rick


> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:51:21 -0700
> From: Richard Woods <Sparksrick51 at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Upcoming Tahoe hike
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> Neil, ditto on parking/starting in Tahoe City. You'll have a beer and
> burger to look forward to at the Bridge Tender when you get back. The
> Brockway trailhead is just a turnout on the highway. I think parking
> in Tahoe City would be better. I plan to use the bus and leave my car
> at home. I'm doing the loop starting in August, and I'm taking bus up
> from Reno to there, and head counter clockwise. That said, you can
> take the Amtrak train (really a bus) from Sacramento to Truckee, and
> the TART bus or the Tahoe Trolley to many access points around the lake.
> Echo Lake lodge was ok. They stocked the usual notions of 'camping
> food,' and not much else, at stiff prices, so, not a good resupply
> point, but the highway is busy and there shouldn't be a problem
> hitching down to the big Raleys at the Y in South Lake Tahoe. But I
> had a blueberry shake at the lodge that was pretty tasty after twenty
> five miles. There were half a dozen PCT thru-hikers munching junk and
> going through their bounce boxes received at the lodge.
> Don has a good suggestion RE the GPS waypoints. You might find some
> north slopes and shady spots still covered with snow pillows, although
> it's been warm and snow is melting fast.  Two weeks ago I lost the
> trail under snow on the north side of the rim trail out of Tahoe
> Meadows for Brockway. I haven't been over the new section, so I wasn't
> sure where it was headed, and by the network of tracks I wasn't the
> only lost soul. Five years ago I lost the trail on the east side in a
> place or two in July, another heavy winter.
> Just checked the Tahoe Rim Trail website: www.tahoerimtrail.org>using
> the trail>trail conditions: July 13 The west side from Tahoe City all
> the way to Big Meadow and beyond to Monument Pass is either under
> snow; mostly snow; or open, but with extended patches of snow. In
> addition, deep snow on Relay Peak between Tahoe Meadows and Brockway.
> It's a late melt this year. We had spring two weeks ago on Tuesday.
>
> On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Bob Bankhead wrote:
>
> I thru-hiked the TRT as part of its official opening in 2001. The TRT
> is a perfect 165 mile loop. You don't need a shuttle. Park at any of
> the trailheads and hike in the desired direction. You'll end up back
> at your car.
>
> Tahoe City, the lowest point on hte TRT, is where I'd start if I did
> it again. Echo Lake is not a hiker-friendly place.
>
> Wandering Bob
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: neil p.
>  To: PCT
>  Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 5:10 PM
>  Subject: [pct-l] Upcoming Tahoe hike
>
>
>  Hey, so to get ready for my next years PCT thru hike I am attempting
> a thru
>  hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail starting this weekend. I will be leaving
> from
>  Santa Cruz after work on friday around 6pm and drive to my parents in
>  Sacramento. The next day I am hoping to drive to North Lake Tahoe
> and park
>  my car at the Brockway Summit/Hwy 267 then via some mode of
> vehicular travel
>  get to Echo Lake/Hwy 50 PCT trailhead and begin hiking North around
> the
>  lake.
>
>  So I am offering a rideshare from Santa Cruz to Sacramento and then
> from
>  Sacramento to North Lake Tahoe.
>  Also I am looking to see if anybody would be willing to drive me from
>  Brockway to Echo Lake/Hwy50 for some cash as the services I have
> contacted
>  are asking $75 and the busses seem like it might take me all day.
> But I am
>  also open to taking the bus to south lake and then getting a ride
> possibly
>  getting a ride to the trail. Open to suggestions as well. Thanks so
> much
>
>  -Neil
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