[pct-l] Sierra mileage

[Vermilion Valley Resort]

What do you mean by our store being "stocked"?  Just how stocked do you 
want it?  2 days, 4 days, 10 days?

And how much variety do you want?  We obviously can't stock everyone who 
comes in with 10 day's worth of food - and it also depends on when you 
get to VVR, and how many people are ahead of you.

If you are towards the back of the pack, the hiker barrels may be full.  
If you're leading the pack... not so much.

Of course, if we don't have enough food when you come through, you can 
always get a ride down to Mono Hot Springs to see what they have in 
their store.

Having said that... we do stock our store every week - so a lot of it is 
just chance as to whether we have just stocked or not when you arrive.

Bill

Brandon McGinnity wrote:
> Thanks everyone, your info is very helpful, please keep it coming.
>
> What I'm hearing is that, on average, mileage usually increases again around
> Bridgeport/Sonora Pass, but not before then? So still plan for big eating
> between VVR and there? I know this year may be worse, but I need to go by
> something here. Also, the "real" snow doesn't start until, say, 70 miles
> north from KM? What was the winter/snow like last year?
>
> Right now my resupply plan is KM, Independence, VVR, Tuolumne, Bridgeport,
> South Lake Tahoe, maildrops in bold. Personally, I'd love to wait to figure
> out mileage and such, but I have to get this maildrop set up now, with
> resupply sounding pretty doubtful at VVR. I'd love to skip the maildrop
> altogether, with the hassle and the fee... Think it's worth the chance of
> hoping for VVRs store to be stocked? If it's not, I'm screwed, right?
>
> Hmm. Pardon my thinking "out loud" here in this email. Maybe I'll skip the
> VVR drop, scrounge a few days food there somehow, and plan on Mammoth for
> sure. Problem is I'm hiking with a partner, and I don't want to screw his
> hike up with my winging it (i love to wing things, by the way.). Also it
> seems VVR's a great place for a zero, as the tents are free, and the
> restaurant right there... rather than paying for a room in town. Course
> there's always the chance the store will be stocked and I'm good to go all
> the way to Tuolumne. See how I confuse myself?
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes<
> diane at santabarbarahikes.com>  wrote:
>
>> My miles picked up again after Sonora Pass where the trail never goes
>> above 10,000 feet again. It could be different this year depending on
>> the amount of snow encountered.
>>
>> On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>
>>> Obviously my miles may vary, and the snow conditions will play a
>>> big part...
>>> but, at around what point in the Sierra can I expect my mileage to
>>> increase
>>> again? I'm hearing that in the Sierra 25 mile days become 18 mile
>>> days, or
>>> so; I'm going to be slowed down. No worries, I'm just trying to
>>> figure out
>>> the resupply in the area between VVR and South Lake Tahoe (and
>>> beyond, if
>>> that's where the response to this question leads). Mammoth sounds
>>> like a
>>> cool town, but I don't know that I really need to go there...
>>> unless I skip
>>> VVR?
>>>
>>> This is why I hate maildrops.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ~ Moccasin
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