[pct-l] Fwd: Airport access from PCT

[Rob Langsdorf]

Owen,

    Any route that will drop you into the San Joaquin Valley would probably get you to a town (such as Bakersfield, Fresno, etc.) where you could catch Amtrak to Richmond. There you could transfer to BART to get to many parts of the bay area.

                   Rob



On Monday, January 27, 2014 10:48 AM, Owen Strain <ostrain at gmail.com> wrote:
 
I have a sort of similar question. I'm hoping to leave the trail briefly to
make it to a wedding in San Francisco on 6/21. What's the best way to
accomplish that? Greyhound bus? And what's a realistic place near the trail
I could catch one from at that date?

Thanks,
-- Owen


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Stephen Clark <rowriver at gmail.com> wrote:

> Agreed that Mojave is more likely hop-off point than anywhere farther north
> given the time frame (unless one starts the trail in Feb. or early Mar.).
>
> I would, however, consider hitching from there to Lancaster and taking  the
> bus Antelope Valley Transit Authority <http://www.avta.com/> 661.945.9445,
> ext. 200 back to Ontario Airport...
>
> It's about 1/2 the distance to Las Vegas and I do know that American and
> United Airlines fly out of Ontario to the east coast.
>
> Snake Charmer
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com
> >wrote:
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Pat <krozby at zoominternet.net>
> > Date: Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Airport access from PCT
> > To: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> >
> >
> > Have to agree on the time frame. I'd figure on tehachapi or mojave
> > then catch a bus to Las Vegas, usually cheaper to fly outta there. The
> > bus stops at the McDonalds in Mojave, I think it also stops in
> > Tehachapi.
> > Pat
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/19/2014 3:07 PM, Brick Robbins wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:12 PM, walt Durling <durlfam4 at icloud.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> figure out where to leave the trail and fly back to the east coast to
> > attend my son's marine corps graduation on 30 May (following in his old
> > man's footsteps), and then fly back a week later to pick up where I left
> > off.  My initial impression is that leaving from south Lake Tahoe via
> > shuttle to Reno seems the most logical.  But that means getting through
> the
> > Sierras post haste.  I'm 61 and would have to average  a full 20 per day
> to
> > make it on time if I leave late March or a couple of days later.  It
> seems
> > a close call.<
> > >
> > > In an average year, this time frame is not realistic. Most people do
> > > not enter the Sierra at KM till mid June doe to snow pack. Snow will
> > > REALLY slow you down, and a late season storm could kill you. Of
> > > course this is a record low snow year.... but there is lots of winter
> > > left to change that.
> > >
> > > I think it would be much more realistic to exit the trail somewhere
> > > between Agua Dulce and Techachipi, get to Lancaster and take the
> > > Metrolink into LA, then fly out of LAX.
> > >
> > > All IMHO YMMV
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