[pct-l] Sierra mileage

[Jason Moores]

With only 1.5 days until Reds/Mammoth I'd be surprised if you were unable to
find enough to get you by.

Jackass



On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Vermilion Valley Resort <
pct-l at edisonlake.com> wrote:

> 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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