[pct-l 47] Road to Yellow Jacket springs near PCT mile 639?

[Mike Flannigan]

I'm too late to this, but here are some maps if
anybody wants them:
http://www.mflan.com/temp/map0.png
http://www.mflan.com/temp/map1.png
http://www.mflan.com/temp/map2.png
http://www.mflan.com/temp/map3.png


Mike


On 7/5/23 13:57, pct-l-request at oakapple.net wrote:
> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 19:47:58 -0700
> From: Susan Virnig<susan at newstories.org>
> To: PCT<pct-l at backcountry.net>,pct-l at oakapple.net
> Subject: [pct-l 43] Road to Yellow Jacket springs near PCT mile 639?
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> Hi, folks,
>
> I have a trail friend, Rob ? Mataguay Connector ? who has been stuck at
> ONLY 14 1/2 miles left to finish the PCT for at least 5 years.   He?s older
> than me, and I?m 74 (with only 360 miles left to go!)
>
> Ten years ago, my spouse gave him a ride back to his vehicle when he was
> day hiking the Seiad Valley climb DOWN hill and I ? not wanting to miss out
> on something that everyone talks about!!! ? was, in my more youthful vigor,
> day hiking it UP hill.  Five years ago he got me a ride from SD to Campo,
> and then picked me up at PVC 152 miles later.
>
> Last Friday, he arranged to pick up my thru hiker daughter Annie/Gazelle at
> PVC and get her back to SD after she hiked from KMS.  She?s abandoning the
> desert with the heat coming on and the rest of her permit is southbound
> from Stevens Pass, so she won?t be starting far from our home in Spokane.
>
> Long story short ? when I found out that Rob had only 14 1/2 miles left,
> but didn?t know anyone in the Walker Pass area, I said I?d introduce him to
> a wonderful Trail Angel from Inyokern who could take him to the trail and
> pick him up.
>
> BUT ? I can?t find any information on Far Out about the dirt road that goes
> from some paved road or other up to Yellow Jacket springs near mile 639.
> Rob needs to hike from there north to Walker Pass.  Does anyone know
> what road that is and how to get there?  (My Trail Angel has a 4-wheel
> drive truck and she knows how to use it!)
>
> Thanks for continuing the circle of hikers helping hikers!
>
> ?Susan from Spokane/Sunshine