[pct-l] Food Drop Services

Tue Mar 2 18:05:24 CST 2010

In my 2009 research, I emailed that pack outfit and found out that they were prohibitively expense for holding a resupply. Apparently they do not keep staff at the pack station but bring everything up from Independence and stage their trips from there. So to resupply me they were going to have to send up a person from town and spend the day at the pack station, all billable to me. I don't remember what the fee was but it was way high, enough that it made more sense to have them bring your pack to the PCT for a little more.

BigToe

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Bob Bankhead
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 3:11 PM
To: Kea; Pacific Crest Trail List
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Drop Services

Then you'll have to call or email Dee Berner directly at the number/address I listed. I copied her on the original posting. 

The website is (was) a conglomeration of local resources rather thna specific to any one venture.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kea 
  To: Pacific Crest Trail List 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 2:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Drop Services

  Bob,

  The website is no longer valid.

  Kea

  On 3 March 2010 09:49, Bob Bankhead <wandering_bob at comcast.net> wrote:

  > Resupply by Ned at Sonora Pass is a suberb idea and a service long needed.
  > Yuo can avoid the ~13 mile downhill highway roadwalk to Kennedy Meadows
  > (North) - and the same 13 miles back uphill.
  >
  >
  > Cottonwood Pass: It is a short, gentle 2 mile, 600 foot descent from Trail
  > Pass down to Horseshoe Meadows campground. Easy hitch into Lone Pine. Lone
  > Pine is a great place for a zero. Stay at the new Lone Pine Hostel ($22).
  > Eat, drink, and make merry at local restuarants. Hitch or take local shuttle
  > ($80 in 2009) back to HSM.
  >
  >
  > Kearsarge Pass: It is a 1000 foot climb from the PCT up to Kearsarge Pass
  > and a 2600 foot drop to the Onion Valley trailhead parking lot. Then you get
  > to reverse that with a full pack; total non-PCT distance travelled is 16
  > miles.
  >
  > For those of you who want to avoid the lost trail time, the hike over
  > Kearsarge Pass down and back up again with a full pack, or the hassle of
  > hitching a ride into Independence for resupply (and an overnight motel
  > bill), the pack station at Onion Valley can offer two options.
  >
  > Option 1: For the heavy wallets among you, they will bring your supplies up
  > to the PCT/JMT and meet you (other locations also available but the
  > Kearsarge Pass/JMT junction is the least expensive). This is an especially
  > good option for groups whose members can share the cost among themselves.
  >
  > Option 2: They will hold your package at the pack station for a fee. You
  > can pick it up 24/7 anytime that they are there so no more worries about
  > hitting the post office's hour and days of operation. For a small extra
  > charge, you can use their showers and camp at the station, or just grab your
  > package and go back up the hill or over to the USFS campground. Your choice.
  >
  > For details, pricing, and procedures, contact Sequoia Kings Pack Train at
  > pinecreekps at aol.com or call 760-387-2627. Website is
  > http://horse-pack-trips.gordonsguide.com/sequoia/index.cfm
  >
  >
  > Wandering Bob
  >
  >  ----- Original Message -----
  >  From: David Ellzey
  >  To: ned at mountaineducation.org
  >  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Drop Services
  >
  >
  >   As Patti said, a resupply service to the trailhead east of Kearsarge Pass
  > and at the picnic site on Sonora Pass would be really sweet. I don't know if
  > there is a need to hike it in to the PCT at Kearsarge, I personally would
  > just like to avoid the hitch into Independence.
  >
  >  BigToe
  >
  >  -----Original Message-----
  >  From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
  >   Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:16 AM
  >   Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Drop Services
  >
  >  We used to bring thru hiker's resupply boxes right to them on the trail
  > years ago. Never had a problem with the USFS, but then it was only into the
  > Sierra while there was still a lot of snow still on the ground! (1984 to
  > 2005)
  >
  >  We would still offer the service to points like Cottonwood Pass, Kearsarge
  > Pass, Bishop Pass, Mono Pass, Red's Meadow, Tuolumne Meadows/Tioga Pass,
  > Sonora Pass, and Echo Pass if hikers could make it worth while. Would anyone
  > be interested?
  >
  >  It depends on whether it is important to the thru hiker to stay on the
  > trail, saving the time it takes to hike down the thousands of feet to the
  > trailhead (think the first four Passes), hopefully hitch into some closest
  > town, and then repeat the round-trip by hitching back and climbing up to the
  > trail with a full pack or not.
  >
  >  This is what we offered and would do again if we could afford to do it.
  > We're non-profit, after all....
  >
  >
  >  Ned Tibbits
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