[pct-l] Looking for ~100 mile section that is transportation accessible

[Tom James Personal]

Try willamette pass to santiam pass.  Right in the middle of Oregon.  Beautiful!

Sent from iphone.  Please excuse typos.

On Apr 19, 2013, at 1:08 AM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> And the one common denominator in all these excellent suggestions is that
> if you are flying all the way down from Cascade country, go for the best
> section of the Sierra, namely anywhere along or close to the JMT.  The
> mountains in back of Tahoe are beautiful but nowhere near as stunning as
> the Southern Sierra and their proximity to the Bay Area and Sacramento make
> them the most used and over used section of the Sierra Nevada Range.  The
> JMT and the PCT north of Tuolumne Mdws gets plenty of use, but not as much
> as Desolation Valley in back of Tahoe and it is much more beautiful.
> 
> Go in hiking south from Sonora Pass, north from Tuolumne Mdws, into the
> Minarets near Mammoth, the North Lake to South Lake Loop out of Bishop over
> Muir Pass and Evolution Valley, or come in at Cottonwood, south of Whitney,
> or any of the little underused entries from the east side which the Forest
> Service will direct you to for a last minute permit, because their quotas
> almost never fill up entirely.
> 
> Give yourself a few days of slow going to acclimatize as Gourmet is right,
> you climb really fast.  Some of the trailheads are over 9,000' and you
> ascend from there, but it's doable if you take your time.
> 
> The main point is that the Southern Sierra has mountains on a world class
> level and Tahoe is a bit of  a step down in knock your socks off beauty.
> 
> Everyone has their favorite stretch of drop dead gorgeous along the PCT.
> For some it's the Southern Deserts or the Trinities, but the three most
> recommended sections are probably, Goat Rocks, the Northern Cascades and
> anywhere along the JMT.
> 
> Have a wonderful hike.
> 
> Shroomer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Jeffrey Olson <jolson at olc.edu> wrote:
> 
>> The quotas in Horsehoe meadows are realtively generous, since there are
>> three trails out of Horseshoe Meadows (Cottonwood Pass; Trail Pass; or
>> Muolkey pass. All intercept the PCT within 2 to 5 miles of hiking..
>> 
>> And only Cottonwood lakes trailhead has a quota.  Trail Pass and Mulkey
>> Pass don't have quotas.  You can get a same day pass every day!!!
>> 
>> Jeff...
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