Re Supply Strategy
Along the entire 2656 mile length of the Pacific Crest Trail it manages to avoid towns and indeed only passes through a handful of villages. This makes restocking food and equipment supplies problematic. Either one can mail resupply boxes to small village stores and fuel stations along the route or you can leave the trail hitch a ride into town resupply and hitch back to the trail.
Both have their disadvantages. The village stores and equipment supplies who hold packages might be closed when you arrive, packages can get lost or segments of the trail are closed due to fires or flooding. Conversely If one were to hitch into town the flow of the journey is broken and you might have to endure a night in a urban motel, to say nothing of the unknown time to hitch each way.
My Strategy is to avoid the urban fleshpots at all costs and to keep as true to to trail as possible. Surely this is the spirit of the trail. To this end I will be sending some 18 parcels out along the length of the trail before I start on the 1st May. In general they will include 5-9 daily food packs with 3000 calories each, the next sections printed maps, a few razors, A small toothpaste and soap. Occasionally I will include new underpants, socks, shirt, and very occasionally new boots.
On one occasion, my resupply parcel to Kennedy Meadows at mile 700 will include gear needed for the High Sierras. This will include 14 daily food packs, ice axe, crampons, heavier boots and a larger strong rucksack to carry it all in. Once through the Sierras Nevada at Sierra City at mile 1200, I will pick up my lighter gear again and mail my heavier gear out.
My resupply locations are
| Mile | Location | Address | Days to Next | ETA |
| 0 | Campo | Start | 6 | 1 May |
| 110 | Warner Springs | WS Community Resource Center, 30950 Highway 79
Warner Springs, CA 92086. Tel 760 782 0670. UPS |
3 | 7May |
| 180 | Idyllwild | Idyllwild Inn. 54300 Village Center Dr, Idyllwild, CA 92549.
Tel 888 659 2552. UPS |
8 | 11 May |
| 342 | Cajon Pass | Best Western Cajon Pass, 8317 US Highway 138’ Phelan, CA 9237
Tel 760 249 6777. UPS |
5 | 21 May |
| 454 | Agua Dulce | The Saufley’s, 11861 Darling Road. Agua Dulce, CA 91390
Tel :661.268.1235. UPS |
3 | 27 May |
| 518 | Hikertown | Hikertown, 26803 W. Ave. C-15, Lancaster, CA.93536
Tel 310 817 1595. UPS |
8 | 1 June |
| 702 | Kennedy Meadows | Kennedy Meadows General Store, 96740 Beach Meadows Rd
Inyokern, CA 93527. Tel 559 850 5647. UPS or USPS |
14 | 10 June |
| 877 | Vermillion Valley Resort | VVR c/o Rancheria Garage. 62311 Huntington Lake Road, Lakeshore, CA 93634. Tel 559 259 4000. UPS | 7 | 27 June |
| 1017 | Sonora Pass | Sonora Pass Resupply, 3285 Grillo Drive, Coulterville, Ca. 95311.
Tel 209 852 9815. USPS Preferred |
9 | 5 July |
| 1195 | Sierra City | C/O Sierra Country Store, 213 Main Street, Sierra City, Ca 96125.
Tel 530 862 1560. UPS or USPS |
4 | 14 July |
| 1284 | Beldon | Belden Town Resort and Lodge, Ivan Coffman, 14785 Belden Town Road, Belden, CA, 95915. Tel 530 283 9662. UPS | 5 | 20 July |
| 1407 | Burney Mountain | Burney Mountain Guest Ranch, Inc, 22800 Guest Ranch Road
Cassel, Ca 96016. Tel 530 335 2544. UPS |
4 | 26 July |
| 1498 | Castella | Ammirati’s Market and Deli, 20107 Castle Creek Rd. 96017.
Tel 530 235 2676. UPS |
7 | 1 August |
| 1653 | Seiad Valley | c/o Mid River RV Park 44701 Highway 96 Seiad Valley, CA 96086.
Tel 530 496 3400. UPS |
8 | 9 August |
| 1820 | Mazama Village | C/O Xanterra Parks & Resorts, Mazana Village Store, 569 Mazana Village Drive, Crater Lake, Oregon 97604. Tel 541 594 2255. UPS | 8 | 18 August |
| 1992 | Big Lake Camp | C/O Big Lake Youth Camp,13100 Hwy 20,Sisters, OR 97759.
Tel 503 850 3563. UPS |
7 | 27 August |
| 2144 | Cascade Locks | c/o Cascades Locks Ale House, 500 Wanapa St, Cascade Locks,
OR 97014. Tel 541 374 9310. UPS |
7 | 4 Sept |
| 2292 | White Pass | c/o White Pass Rural Branch PO at the Kracker Barrel Store,
48851 US Highway 12, Naches, WA 98937. Tel 509 672 3105. USPS |
5 | 13 Sept |
| 2390 | Snoqualmie Pass | C/O Summit Inn hotel, 603 State Hwy 906, Snoqualmie Pass,
WA 98068. Tel 425 434 6300. UPS or USPS |
3 | 19 Sept |
| 2461 | Steven’s Pass | C/O Stevens Pass, Through Hiker, 93001 NE Stevens Pass Hwy, US 2, Skykomish, WA 98288 Attn: Tye Creek Lodge Loading Dock.
Tel 206 812 4510. UPS only. |
9 | 24 Sept |
| 2656 | Manning Park | Finish Total Food Packs | 130 | 4 Oct |