[pct-l] Butane/propane availability?

[chwillet at indiana.edu (Christopher Willett)]

Here are the places where I am pretty sure you can find cannisters:

Idyllwild
Big Bear Lake City (NOT Big Bear City, BBLC is next door via a bus)
Agua Dulce (ok, not in town, but big towns aroud)
Kennedy Meadows (?)
VVR
Tuolumne Meadows
South Lake Tahoe (?)
Ashland

I'm unsure of KM and SLT, but there are outfitters in ID, BBLC, 
outside of AD.  VVR had everything under the sun last summer. 
Tuolumne was well stocked, but I don't explicitly remember. 
South Lake Tahoe is big and I went into a pseudo outfitter 
there.  I wasn't looking, so I can't say for sure if they have it. 
Ashland has a good outfitters that should have something. Else, 
you might have to hitch into Medford.  So, the distance between 
SLT and Ashland is tough, but doable.  Ashland to Canada can be done in 
a month, so you may be able to get by with 1 cannister if you don't cook a 
whole lot. Else, you might have to hitch into Hood River from Casacde
Locks.  Hood River is fairly large in comparison.

Suge

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, John Manning wrote:

> Greetings all,
> 
> I'm thinking of using a Coleman F1 stove on my PCT thru' hike (sorry, my
> ATTEMPTED thru' hike!) starting April 21.
> 
> Can anyone advise me as to whether the availability of Coleman-style
> Butane/Propane gas cartridges is widespread? I remember buying the
> cartridges at Tuolumne Meadows stores four years back but have always
> understood it to be not that widely available in the States.
> 
> Also, just came across this news piece - knowledge of the news item might
> already be widespread I guess:
> 
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2001869551_forest0
> 3n.html
> 
> Very best wishes,
> 
> John Manning,
> Glasgow
> UNITED KINGDOM
> john.manning@magazines.newsquest.co.uk 
> 
> 
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