Hi there!
It's been a long time since I posted here. I originally came here in 2017 in advance of my (successful!) 2018 AT thru hike. Since then I've also hiked the Colorado Trail (in 2022), spent a summer in Littleton, NH hiking all over the whites (2023), as well as many other random trips. A lot of what I've learned/put into practice started here.
I just booked flights for a PCT section hike. I'm planning to fly into Bakersfield, take the bus to Walker Pass, and then start hiking north (on July 28 – I have a permit). I then have a return flight on August 23 from Reno airport, which I'm loosely planning to access from the Donner Lake/Truckee area. That'd be roughly 500 miles in 25 days (for a benchmark, the AT took me 3.5 months, and the CT 20 days).
Any thoughts to contribute on travel plans, this section during this time window (temperature, snow levels this year, river crossings, etc.), resupplies, or anything else? I can throw up a gear list at some point.
Cheers and nice to be back.
Nathan