Town-specific advice

This is just a list of random bit-and-bobs I run into while researching. I figure it's not a bad idea to write them down somewhere! I have these organized by towns I'm planning to resupply in.

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77 Julian

• Free pie for PCT hikers at Mom's Pie House

• Big water carry afterwards

• Carmen's Garden restaurant is good

109 Warner Springs

• Eagle rock nearby

• Check out Golf Grill

• Long water carry afterwards

• Paradise Cafe at 151

179 Idyllwild

• Close together, hiker-friendly town

• Quirky town

• Whitewater preserve near 210 - great swimming

275 Big Bear City

• Lots of good food and restaurants

369 Wrightwood

• Cute town, appreciates hikers

• Close together, not much walking

454 Augua Dulce

• Great mexican place - very small town

• Hikertown at 517

• Night hike the aquaduct at 518

566 Tehachapi

• Store in town center

• Good community - likes hikers

• Relatively affordable

• Kohnen's Country Bakery

• Major water alert at 620

648 Onyx

• Places tend to close early here

702 Kennedy Meadows

• Try to reach by June 15th

• Mail package to Grumpy Bears nearby for free

• Get Sierra gear and prepare for a long carry

• Mount Whitney at 767 - night hike to reach the top at dawn

786 Bishop

• Hiker friendly hostels

• Free bikes to ride around town

• Easy hitching, chill town

• Erick Schat's Bakery and Cafe is good

• VVR detour at 878, good hiker boxes but very pricey

• Take Bishop Pass Trail out - beautiful

906 Mammoth Lakes

• Free transport

• Bougie vacation spot

• Tuolomne Meadows snack bar at 942

1016 Kennedy Meadows North

• Good bar, free shuttle

• Overpriced rooms

1091 South Lake Tahoe

• Very bougie and expensive

• But free transport

• Base Camp Pizza is good

1153 Sierra City

• Very overpriced, one hotel

• Very limited resupply options

1289 Belden

• Kind of weird town vibes

• Midpoint marker at 1323!

1423 Burney

• Huge church for free camping

• Very affordable and walkable

• Check out the Bowling Alley

1517 Dunsmuir

• Free shuttle from trail

• Yak's on the 5 restaurant is good

1606 Etna

• Free community pool

• Cute town but fairly depressed

1726 Ashland

• Average town, pretty affordable

• Morning Glory restaurant is good

• Crater Lake alternate route at 1823

1829 Crater Lake

• Great breakfast buffet

1912 Shelter Cove

• Chill town, good hiker boxes

• Great swimming

• Bend at 1983

2001 Sisters

• Very cute and walkable

2107 Timberline Lodge

• Pretty overpriced buffet

2155 Cascade Locks

• Chill town, pretty affordable

2234 Trout Lake

• Surprisingly well-stocked grocery store, good wifi

• Affordable

• Free camping at church

2303 White Pass

• Check out Kracker Barrel

• Goat Rocks Wilderness is one of the best sections

2403 Snoqualmie Pass

• Affordable hotel with hot tub

• Closest to Seattle

• Hurry Curry restaurant is good

• Dinsmore Hiker Haven at 2464

2476 Skykomish

• Average town, good views

2580 Stehekin

• Amazing bakery - Stehekin Pastry Company

• Stehekin Valley Ranch is also great

• Very idyllic town

• Mail champagne :)

2661 Manning Park

• And done!