[pct-l] Fuel along the PCT

Tom Grundy caver456 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 20:03:59 CST 2014


Do you know if all of the 'Alcohol' listings in the form of yellow HEET, or
are some of them actually the half-gallon metal boxes or such?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Alan Miller <alan.miller401 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> When I went through this year, Sierra City and Crater Lake were both out
> of canisters.  We actually started using Amazon to ship fuel to ourselves
> for the remainder of Oregon and Wash.  By the way, an 8 oz canister in
> Chester cost $13.95!
>
>
>
> > On Nov 21, 2014, at 6:52 PM, Kevin Taylor <kevin_c_taylor at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Please post any corrections and I will update the file
> > here and on the Facebook PCT pages.  Paul Bodnar posted the original on
> April 29/2013 for his 2012
> > thruhike.  I updated it March 5/2014  from posted corrections on pct-l,
> Facebook
> > and again after my thru-hike this year.  Thanks, Early B./Kevin Taylor
> >
> > 1,   Campo; Alcohol
> > 43, Mt. Laguna; Alcohol, butane/propane
> > canister, white gas, Esbit tablets
> > 77, Julian ?
> > 110, Warner Springs; Alcohol, butane/propane
> > canister
> > 179, Idyllwild; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas
> > 274, Big Bear; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister at Big 5, white gas
> > 364, Wrightwood; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas
> > 455, Agua Dulce; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas (REI side trip or at Hikerheaven)
> > 559, Mojave; Alcohol
> > 559, Tehachapi; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister at Big 5, white gas
> > 652, Lake Isabella; Alcohol
> > 703, Kennedy Meadows; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas
> > 745, Lone Pine; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas
> > Bishop; Alcohol, butane/propane canister,
> > white gas
> > 789, Independence; butane/propane
> > canister at both gas stations.
> > 856, Muir Ranch, Alcohol, Esbit
> > tablets, white gas.  Butane/propane canister,
> > alcohol and white gas could be available in the elaborate hiker box they
> have
> > located here.  Please don't count on the
> > hiker box for your resupply.  The Muir
> > Ranch has also sold a limited amount of hiking type supplies including
> canister
> > fuel to hikers in the past. Remember supplies here are limited and vary
> from
> > day due to day the infrequent stocking of supplies and isolated location.
> > 877, Vermillion Valley Resort;
> > Alcohol, butane/propane canister, white gas
> > 902, Reds Meadow; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas
> > Mammoth; Alcohol, butane/propane canister,
> > white gas
> > 942, Tuolumne Meadows; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas
> > 1095, Echo Lake; None
> > 1095, South Tahoe; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas
> > 1156, Truckee; butane/propane canister
> > at The Sports Exchange downtown, directly across the railroad tracks
> from the
> > Amtrak station.
> > 1198, Sierra City; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister at Sierra Country Store.
> > 1290, Belden; Alcohol
> > 1335, Chester; butane/propane canister
> > at hardware/fishing supply (expensive)
> > 1378, Old Station; None
> > 1424, Burney Falls State Park; None
> > 1424, Town of Burney; Alcohol
> > 1506, Castella; Alcohol
> > 1506, Dunsmuir; Alcohol
> > 1506, Mt. Shasta; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister
> > 1606, Etna; Alcohol (check
> > hardware store for butane/propane canister and possible white gas).
> > 1662, Seiad Valley; Alcohol, butane/propane
> > canisters at store.
> > 1727, Callahans Lodge; None
> > 1727, Ashland; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas
> > 1835, Crater Lake; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister (sometimes out), white gas
> > 1912, Shelter Cove; Alcohol
> > 1958, Elk Lake Resort; None
> > 1989, Sisters; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister at Ace Hardware.
> > Bend: REI Alcohol/butane/propane canister,
> > white gas
> > 2001, Big Lake Youth Camp; None,
> > but butane/propane canisters could be available in big hiker box.
> > 2054, Ollalie Lake store.  Had butane/propane canisters in 2014.
> > 2107, Timberline Lodge; None
> > 2155, Cascade Locks; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canisters at Columbia Market.
> > Portland; Alcohol, butane/propane
> > canister, white gas
> > 2303, White Pass; Alcohol, butane/propane
> > canister (limited supply)
> > Packwood; Alcohol, butane/propane
> > canister, white gas
> > 2402, Snoqualmie Pass; Alcohol
> > 2476, Skykomish/ Baring/Dinsmores;
> > gas station and Baring store have alcohol. Dinsmores had alcohol and
> butane/propane
> > canisters in 2014.
> > 2574, Stehekin; Alcohol,
> > butane/propane canister, white gas (supplies at the camp store, along bus
> > route, can easily run out during peak hiking season)
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