Travel plans/April2019 BigBasin

This page is for planning the hike from Saratoga Gap to the sea.

TODO

• Confirm with Federica.
• Buy food.
• Buy stove fuel. MM has it.
• Download and put the map on our phones. [ew. C will pack a paper map]

X Stoves appear to be okay in the park. Also, note: "Jay Camp is close to the park store, which sells camping supplies, sandwiches, ice cream, and the best selection of beer and wine I’ve ever seen in a California state park." X All trail camps have food storage lockers :)

Itinerary

This is a good map you can view on the computer. Here is a downloadable PDF from CalTopo.

• Saturday (4/13): Saratoga Gap to Jay campground (~15 miles)

8:00: Leave from our house on Lyft to Saratoga Gap?

8:30: Start hiking?

16:30: get to the campsite (~2 miles/hour pace)?

• Sunday (4/14): Jay campground to the beach (~10 miles)

8:30: Leave the campsite?

16-16:30 (4-4:30PM): Pick up

Gear

Each group (MM, C) should bring:

• Tent

Each person (M, M, C) should bring:

• Hat
• Sunglasses
• Head lamp
• Bowls
• Utensils
• Waterbottles
• Sleeping bag
• Sleeping pads
• Sweater
• Down jacket
• Hiking pants
• Shirts
• Socks
• Underwear
• Rain jacket
• ? Rain pants
• Hiking shoes
• Water bottles
• Sunscreen
• Toiletries
• Towel
• Phone
• Compass + map
• ? Flipflops

?Share?:

• [MM] matches
• [MM] Cooking stove
• [MM] Cooking fuel
• [MM] First Aid + Vitamin I + allergy meds
• [C, MM] Water filter
• [C] poo shovel, toilet paper
• MM Rope to hang "bear" bag / "bear" bag? There will be a bear box.
• Ma is bringing a printed copy of the CalTopo map, PDF version on my e-reader, and a complete trail map in OpenStreetmap.
• BUY/MM? ziplock bags for high traffic areas

• Food (see below)

Food

Note: There's a grocery store near the campsite (Big Basin Grocery Store).

Snacks etc

miso soup -- MM

hot chocolate -- MM

nuts -- clark can bring almonds, walnuts, and brazil nuts

dried fruits -- clark can bring dried mango, dried peaches. may want a little more.

Saturday:

• Breakfast before we leave MM's house

• Lunch

Bread (C can make adventure bread for the team?) -- sounds great!

Cheese -- MM

Brown pickle -- MM

• Dinner

? Lentils and rice (longer cook time, but delicious).

Clark can bring rice, lentils, onion, garlic.

MM can bring veggie bullion, curry roux, and/or hot sauce.

MM: Oil and Salt

?Japanese curry with rice? -> buy instant rice

?instance ramen? -> buy ramen noodles

Sunday:

• Breakfast

eggs -- MM

bread

• Lunch

?buy at the camp store the day before?

• Dinner back in town to celebrate!