Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board JMT Hiker SF Bay Area to Share Ride to Whitney

I am hiking the JMT from South (Mt Whitney) to North on Aug 11 permit date. Really appreciated if I could share a ride from S.F. Bay Area to Whitney. I am flexible on date and time of departure, and willing to pay gasoline expenses.

Please contact me at dowu@dir.ca.gov email.

I have looked into public transit option which is not so good, and with the post 9/11 rules where knife and gas canister is forbidden. How could a JMT hiker not carry a knife, or cooking gas!

I am from Virginia, flew out to Sacramento, used public buses, got to Yosemite same day..Slept at Curry, started JMT next am

you can mail stuff to yourself

Mr X
c/o General Delivery for pickup on xxx
Yosemite PO ( or Tuolumne PO)
zip

works fine,

Hi h_lankford:
It appears that you were hiking the JMT from North to South. When you finished at Whitney, how was your bus rides back to Sacramento?

I will be hiking from South (Whitney) to North (Yosemite). There are 4 buses with 3 separate connections transfers to Whitney. After permit pick up there is still another 14 miles to the trailhead without a bus.

Ride share would be easier still, no gas and knife restriction, and less chance of issues like missing bus connections.