Vermilion Valley Resort to Mammoth Lakes

DAY 70 (July 10)
Zero-day at VVR

First thing in the morning,  I put on my rain gear and take all my dirty clothes to go and do laundry and take a shower. Once I went to reception to get a token, the lady said that the generator was broken and that there would be no electricity in the bathhouse and thus no laundry or shower today.  

Oh no!! It was all I was looking forward to today! In order to digest my disappointment I had a big pancake and cherry pie for breakfast. Ben whom I met again at the restaurant and who had already arrived 2 days earlier, told me that the generator already had caused problems the day before and that it might work in the afternoon if they managed to fix it.

I hung around a bit organizing food I had found in the hiker box for the 2 days to Mammoth (cliff bars, oatmeal, dried fruit, coffee, backpacker meals, and even German Alnatura muesli) and caught up on my journal before I decided to do some bucket laundry and get myself washed. Just couldn't stand it anymore and talking to the guy who was trying to repair the generator he said that it did not look good (it would work very late in the afternoon again though with the help of a hiker).

A chilled afternoon with lots of guys playing the guitar. Talking to others I found out that there is an alternative trail from here that would join the PCT after Silver Pass. Something to take into consideration …

DAY 71 (July 11)
To lake right before Goodale Pass Junction (Mile 886)

DAY 72 (July 12)
To Reds Meadows Resort
20 miles

 

DAY 73/74 (June 13/14)
0 miles

Zero-day in Mammoth Lakes and back to Reds Meadows.