[pct-l] Re: I can't cross the border

[wandering_bob at msn.com (wandering_bob@xxxxxxx)]

Getting a ride from the Harts Pass parking lot down to Mazama or Winthrop is easy. However, once there, you're stuck. There is no public transportation of any kind in any direction - Greyhound, local bus, etc - from either. Seattle is an almost impossible (I know; I tried for hours) 150 mile hitch west. When weather forced me to bail at Harts Pass five years ago, I had to have my wife drive up from Portland to rescue my soggy butt or i would still be there.  BLESS HER!

Personally, I'd risk it and hike into Manning Park, get on the Greyhound to Vancouver BC, stay overnight, and catch a bus south to Seattle airport. You don't go through Canadian customs outbound and US Customs doesn't care why you were in Canada; they're only concerned with why you are coming into the USA. Be sure to have your passport and at least one other photo ID. A copy of your birth certificate won't hurt either, but its the passport that will grease your way through - unless the agent is having a bad day and wants to take a power trip to compensate.

Wandering Bob

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Subject: [pct-l] Re: I can't cross the border

Even if you are turned back at the border, the stretch between Harts Pass
and Canada is one of the most scenic sections of the PCT in Washington
State, so don't give up at Rainy Pass. Because there is a lookout tower at
Harts Pass, you get a fair number of tourists in the summer and I am sure
asking for a ride to Mazama or Winthrop would be easy.


Tom Griffin