We've got an excellent summer PCT schedule penciled out now for the summer of 2015. It looks like we'll do one short, three-day trip two weekends from now and then three separate week-long trips during the rest of the summer. The rough idea is to get through Lassen National Park and then some (which then puts us in a perfect place to finish California in the summer of 2016).
Here's the plan (subject, of course, to fine tuning):
- June 6 through June 8, Highway 80 to Highway 49, 38.4 miles to Sierra City. The Dawsons are joining us for this trip;
- June 23 through June 30, Highway 49 to Highway 70, 91.7 miles. This will be a mix of backpacking and meeting Vicki at roads/campgrounds on the way. This trip will end at the town of Belden, the usually recognized halfway point of the PCT. Halfway;
- July 18 to around July 24, Highway 70 to Highway 44, 92.5 miles. Again, this will be a mix of backpacking and meeting Vicki to car camp since there are a fair number of roads that cross the PCT in the northern Sierra;
- August 2 to August 6, Highway 44 to around or north of the town of Burney Falls 41.8 miles (or more).
After that we'll see what happens. We'll be awfully far north by then for a Labor Day trip, but who knows how enthusiastic we'll be at that point? I suppose if we did do a trip in September it might get us as far as where the PCT crosses Interstate 5, near Castle Crags State Park.
And, as usual, any of you are welcome to join us for all or part of a leg. The people that did join us last year were a big part of the PCT season for us.
So, who's in?
