[pct-l] Resupply Conundrum

[T.Rem]

Hi All!
I'm looking for a place to resupply between Cascade Locks and Trout Lake-
I've been using http://www.planyourhike.com and the options between those
two points are looking pretty grim.  Any advice?  Thanks!
Pockets

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Gary Wright <gwtmp01 at mac.com> wrote:

>
> On Jul 17, 2012, at 12:30 AM, mike Shoys wrote:
> > my name is mike and i'm planning a 2013 thru-hike and am having trouble
> > planning my clothing bag... i am thinking of getting smartwool midweight
> > thermal top and bottoms with the 6oz. montbell down jacket for warmth.
> any
> > thoughts? noting that i am a generally warm person, i wonder if the down
> > jacket will be too warm and rarely usable... not sure. lived on the
> > northern california coast my whole life with only several fair-weather
> > trips to the mountains...
>
> You have to figure out what is going to work for you but my recommendation
> would be:
>
> light-weight thermal tops/bottoms
> -- if you are hiking, mid-weight will be too much and if you are in camp
>    and are too cold you should be in your sleeping bag
>
> light-weight wind/fleece jacket/shell (e.g. Marmot Dri-Clime jacket)
> -- this helps in wind, cold, and damp weather and you don't have to
>    worry about it getting damp from sweat or mother nature like you do
>    with a down jacket
>
> another fleece layer for the High Sierra and perhaps Northern Washington
> -- I think these are the only areas where yet another layer would be
>    nice to have.  A down jacket would work here also for warmth but
>    isn't as flexible relative to inclement weather or while hiking
>
> In addition to the clothing above, I carry:
> - short sleeve shirt (what I hike in most often)
> - long sleeve shirt (when it is colder out)
> - hiking shorts
> - light weight long pants if hikers shorts don't have zip off legs
> - rain jacket/shell & pants (something very light)
> - very light pair of running shorts (in camp instead of sweaty hiking
>   shorts/underwear and in town while doing laundry)
>
>
> I'm not an ultra-light hiker.  I think ultra-light folks would probably
> combine the long-sleeve shirt with the 'thermal' tops and ditch the pants
> and rely on the thermal bottoms + rain gear if necessary.
>
>
> Radar
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