I personally like Erik the Black's CT Atlas. It is map, guidebook, town maps all in one little book. Served me well as my only planning/hiking resource. I used one of his theoretical hikes for my baseline in resupply planning. To answer your post #33, I don't use an itinerary per se. I simply leave resupply with enough food to get to my next supply point. This is based upon how many miles I think I can average. Then I look out a day or two as I am hiking the section to see where I need to position myself for areas that could be problematic i.e. high passes in the afternoon etc. I never have a specific campsite targeted more than a day or two out and even then it is more like a targeted area. This allows me to adjust my miles as terrain, desire, etc. dictate.