Fwd: [pct-l] OR and WA resupply recs

[wayneskraft at comcast.net (Wayne Kraft)]

>
> I gotta second that Dee Wright Observatory observation. I've been  
> there in a car many times and I've met some interesting folks  
> there. I've also been there on foot many times and I have been  
> there on skis in the dead of winter.  No tourists, morons, idiots  
> or tourons there in the winter.  The highway is not plowed and  
> closes about this time of year a few miles west of Sisters. In 1976 
> (?) four friends of mine skied the PCT from Mt. Hood to Lake of the  
> Woods (which is no longer on the PCT, I guess) with the exception  
> of some territory in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness  where they  
> bailed out to avoid joining an avalanche.  By the time they got to  
> Dee Wright Observatory, the cold and wind were intense.  They set  
> up a tent inside the observatory.  However, it was so cold that  
> their non-pressurized Svea stoves wouldn't melt snow.  I recall  
> they even stacked one stove atop the feeble flame of another trying  
> to get the fuel in the top stove warm enough to burn hot.  Lucky  
> they didn't blow themselves up. They could not melt enough snow  
> that way and eventually became too dehydrated to continue so they  
> bailed to Sisters (a long, fast downhill run on x-c skis) for a  
> couple of zeroes.  Also,  along about the first of April ever since  
> I can remember (and that's awhile, let me tell you) there's been a  
> ski race from the snow line on the Sister's side of McKenzie pass  
> to the pass and back.  I had the privilege of "racing" this a few  
> times when members of the US Olympic Nordic racing team were  
> entered.  I recall that about the time I was getting warmed up and  
> really getting into the groove on the way up to the pass, the  
> Olympians would whoosh by me on their way down.  Made me wonder if  
> I was even the same species.  You can read more about the John  
> Craig Memorial Ski Race (and find out who John Craig was that he is  
> still remembered after all these years) at http://www.onc.org/ 
> JC.html.  Sadly, the 2005 race was cancelled due to lack of snow,  
> but that didn't stop people from showing up and finding their way  
> to the pass by other means.  Anyway, that's what I think of when  
> you mention Dee Wright Observatory.
>
> Wayne Kraft
> Oregon Touron
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2005, at 11:19 AM, Jenn Head wrote:
>
>> Well said Scott. On that note, the Dee Wright Observatory on  
>> McKenzie Pass is not just a touron attraction and not just for  
>> tourons. It's a little slice of Oregon history, and well worth the  
>> 30 second walk to the top - even for a local.
>>
>>
>>
>> stillroaming <PCT@DelNorteResort.Com> wrote:  The previous post  
>> brought to you by the Oregon Department of Tourism.
>>
>> If you're hiking this year, take Suge's resupply suggestions with  
>> a grain of
>> salt.
>>
>> Suge, am I really an 'idiot' if I send a resupply package to  
>> Stehekin? The
>> selection at the store is terrible. Granted it's only 4 days to  
>> the border.
>> They didn't even have ramen when I was there in '03.
>>
>> Why WOULDN'T you send a resupply package to Ollalie Lake?
>>
>> Hitching the 15 MILES in and out of Sisters is not ALWAYS easy.  
>> With a
>> resupply package waiting for you on trail at Ollalie, you don't  
>> need this
>> waaaay out of the way, time consuming stop.
>>
>> Same statement applies for Stevens Pass. The Kracker Barrel has a  
>> terrible
>> selection. Why resupply there when you have the wonderful option  
>> of sending
>> yourself a resupply package there?
>>
>> Am I really a 'moron' if I don't buy at Mazama in Crater Lake? In  
>> '02 I
>> retrieved new shoes, esbit fuel and food from my drift box at  
>> Crater Lake. I
>> did not resupply from the store, although it had a good selection.  
>> Yes I AM
>> a moron.
>>
>> Telling a person they're an 'idot' or 'moron' because they don't  
>> subscribe
>> to the strategy you're selling is really, really, STUPID.
>>
>> The post does have merit in the sense it is far easier to resupply  
>> from
>> trail towns than sending yourself a zillion packages. I certainly  
>> use the
>> town resupply strategy. In some places you have no choice, though.  
>> In the
>> end, it's your hike. Do what you feel you need to do. Don't let  
>> someone
>> cajole or brow beat you into a strategy because it works for them  
>> or their
>> hidden agenda.
>>
>> Scott Parks
>>
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