[pct-l] Butane/propane availability?

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

If you get into Burney, you probably will find some at the hardware store.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Willett" <chwillet@indiana.edu>
To: "John Manning" <john.manning@magazines.newsquest.co.uk>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Butane/propane availability?


> 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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