[pct-l] Desolation Wilderness July 4th

[Mark Hyams]

Sounds like you have four days/three nights of hiking?  Does that include
getting to and from the airport?  Where are you coming from?

As others have stated, you have chosen the most popular part of the PCT on
the absolute most popular backpacking weekend of the summer.  You may want
to consider a different location to start from.  It sounds like you may be
on a time-constraint, so renting a car might be your best bet in order to
maximize your time on the trail.  Flying into Reno, getting on the trail at
Donner pass is super-close.  Also, a four-day out and back trip sounds a
little boring.  Have you looked into making a loop somewhere around there
that includes the PCT?

Another option is to take one the shuttles (or Amtrak) from Reno to
Truckee, hitch to Donner Pass, and hike that section south to Echo Lake,
which is a reasonable distance for four days.  Then hitch into S Lake
Tahoe, and take one of the casino buses back to Reno.  Not having a rental
car enables you to do a one-way hike.


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Alan Miller <alan.miller401 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all.  My wife and I both love to hike and I have done several
> backpacking trips ranging from an overnight in the Grand Canyon to a week
> in Yellowstone.  It has been a dream of ours to someday hike the PCT.
>  Earlier this year, we decided that 2014 is the year we finally make it
> happen!  We both have some time off around the 4th of July this year and we
> decided we would spend it on the PCT to test gear and meal plans, and to
> just refuel our excitement for the trail.  We have tentatively decided on 3
> nights through the Desolation Wilderness. We will be beginning and ending
> our hike from Echo Lake.  We are trying to do the whole trip without
> renting a car from the airport, but I can't seem to figure out how to make
> the public transportation work to get us from either Sacramento or Reno
> airports.  Is there anyway to get close to the trailhead with public
> transportation or should I just bite the bullet and rent a car?  Thanks
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