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As this list evolves, the different kinds of trail angels and the range of volunteer or discounted commercial services they offer will be identified. Please tread lightly. Trail Angels use their own limited resources providing services to the hikers. Calling them up, emailing them or sending them stuff not strictly related to the hike or too far in advance of your need for their services during your hike just burns up resources and burns out trail angels. Also, if you cannot do something for the trail angel who does something for you, pass your good fortune forward by doing something for other hikers or for the trail itself.

Other Trail Angel Listings
[WWW]Trail Angel List at ADZPCTKOP

Roving Angels:

From South to North

Section A: Mexican Border to Warner Springs
Bob Riess - San Diego trailhead transportation maven and airport controller. Bob will be spending 2008 away from San Diego and therefore will be unavilable to provide rides to Campo for class of 2008 hikers.

[WWW]ADZPCTKOP
Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kick Off Party is a low key gathering of present section and thru-hikers, past thru-hikers, ancient thru-hikers, trail angels, supporters, and aspiring section- and thru-hikers.

[WWW]ADZPCTKOP Ride Board

Scissors Crossing Water cache maintained by Anne and Jim

Third Gate Water cache maintained by Charlie. Spur trail just beyond goes 1.5 miles to a ranch where water is available if cache is empty.

Section B: Warner Springs to I-10

Hiker Oasis
Bear and Ziggy welcome you to Hiker Oasis in Anza. They also provide one of the most dependable water caches on the trail.
Contact info: pinkziggy@hotmail.com / 909-763-4421

Section C: I-10 to I-15

Pink Motel is out of business. Please respect the privacy of the new owners

Big Bear Fire Department lets hikers use the shower and hang out in the back yard of the fire station

Bruce Wagner and Carol Wagner- Lake Arrowhead support
Hello, 2006 PCT hikers. Greetings from Bruce and Carol Wagner in Lake Arrowhead, CA. What do you need? Mailing services? Hot bath? Laundry? Lunch? Local transportation? Perhaps we can assist. We're a bit familiar with your situation when you get this far … Carol's brother, Carl, did the Trail in 1977. I have a bit of mountaineering experience, too; Muir Trail in 1957, Mt. Rainier in '72, and several of California's 14K peaks. We expect to be home in the Lake Arrowhead area during much of the "season" for PCT hikers trekking through our area.
As you may have noticed from your maps, we are a one-day (tough) or two-day (easy) hike west of Big Bear, in the San Bernardino National Forest. We can provide good directions (and possibly a lift) to our place or other desired local destinations. The Lake Arrowhead area has many convenient services: supermarkets, pharmacies, post office, fast food or fine-dining restaurants, hardware stores, etc. Find the west end of Hook Creek Road on your maps (Cedar Glen). Our place is about half way around, above the northwest corner of the lake.
So, if you'd like to avail yourself of some local hospitality, call us from Idyllwild or Big Bear and let us know when you'll be in our area and inquire about what we can offer. That will largely depend upon whether we are home and the volume of requests received. Please do not assume that leaving a voicemail will assure you of a shower or laundry facilities! We've hosted a few PCT hikers over the years. They've been enjoyable visits and we hope that some of you might be able to drop in.
Contact info: Bruce and Carol Wagner / PO Box 1872 / Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352-1872 / wagnerfamily@gmail.com / 909-337-5570

Wrightwood. Several trail angels are listed in the trail register located at the hardware store.

Section D: Cajon Pass to Agua Dulce

Section E: Agua Dulce to Tehachapi Pass

Section F: Tehachapi Pass to Walker Pass

Section G: Walker Pass to Crabtree Meadows

Section H: Crabtree Meadows to Tuolumne Meadows

Section I: Tuolumne Meadows to Sonora Pass

Section J: Sonora Pass to Echo Lake Resort

Section K: Echo Lake Resort to Donner Pass

Section L: Donner Pass to Sierra City

Section M: Sierra City to Belden Town Look for John and Melody O'Brien in Quincy 15 miles from PCT. We have a big lush yard downtown.

Section N: Belden Town to Burney Falls State Park You can find John and Melodys from here: see above. Beldon is 30 miles from Quincy.

Section O: Burney Falls State Park to Castella

Section P: I-5 to Etna Summit

Section Q: Etna Summit to Seiad Valley

Section AA: Seiad Valley to Ashland
Here's the latest on Callahan's, from JoAnn
[WWW]New Callahan's under construction

Section BB: Ashland to State Route 140

Section CC: State Route 140 to State Route 138

Section DD: State Route 138 to Willamette Pass

Section EE: Willamette Pass to State Route 242

Section FF: State Route 242 to Wapinitia Pass

Section GG: Wapinitia Pass to OR–WA Border

Jeff and Connie Ganz's [WWW]Pacific Crest Pub & Hostel in Cascade Locks

Section HH: OR-WA Border to White Pass

Section II: White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass

Section JJ: Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass

Section KK: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass

HOURS: 24/7 !!! Year round for PCT hikers

360.677.1237 home 206.954.2521 Jerry 253.973.3495 Andrea

[WWW]http://www.skykomish-show-n-shine.com/GenWebPage.ihtml?formid=39
Jerry Dinsmore and Andrea Dinsmore

The Dinsmore's River Haven is located in Skykomish, Washington, just 15 miles west of Stevens Pass. Jerry and Andrea are trail angels.
The Dinsmore's have been opening their home to PCT hikers since 2003. They live 15 miles west of Steven's Pass summit on the Tye River and Hwy 2. Hitch into Skykomish and the Dinsmore's will pick you up. If it is dark when you hit the trail head call from the phone booth on the north side of hwy 2 and we will come and get you.

If you would call us from Snoqualmie Pass and let us know you are headed our way that would help us on our end. Also if you need something special when you hit Skykomish you could tell us at this time. 74 miles between Snoqualmie and Steven's. About 3 days out.

The Dinsmores offer camping, laundry, showers, hot tub (until damage occurs), big resupply boxes, mail pick up, high speed internet, phone (with phone card), mini kitchen, fire pit, BBQ, rides back to hill and inside sleeping. A lot of the time there's a big hot pot of soup or chili or spaghetti or beans and franks for the hikers to fill up on. Rides to bus line and big grocery store available. Donations for gas outside of Skykomish accepted. Please remember this is the Dinsmore's HOME. We do what we can to make you dry, warm, clean and hopefully resupplied. Please respect your surroundings. If there is something you feel we can add or change to benifit the hiker's stay please let us know. The usual donation is $20 per hiker per night.

There are also a couple of motels in town. Cascadia Inn ($25 per hiker up to 4 bunk room) to $65 a night for a private room. Sky River Inn ($85-$145 per hiker). The only down side to staying in town is no laundry, no internet, no hot tub, no resupply boxes,no mail pick up and no rides to the hill or grocery store. The up side, there is a cafe in town and 2 bars. Internet is at the library (opens at 2pm)

If you need to send packages through USPS they will pick them up and hold them. UPS and FedX delivers to the house. We prefer UPS. Dinsmores will pick up and hold all boxes and mail for PCT thru-hikers. Post Office is closed at 3:30pm M-F and only open for Sat. pick up from 8am-10am.

USPS resupply address: Dinsmore's River Haven, (your name), PO BOX 374 ,Skykomish ,WA . 98288. Your ETA

UPS home delivery address: Dinsmore's River Haven, (your name), 76110 NE 123rd st., Skykomish, WA . 98288. Your ETA

Packages that need to be returned will be arranged and paid for by original sender. If you leave gear we will mail it back but you must prepay. We hold all forgotten gear for one season. If we can figure out who it belongs to they will contact you.

Section LL: Rainy Pass to Manning Lodge

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