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#196094 - 07/14/16 09:08 PM Resupply Porter Wind Rivers...
rabbitearscarver Offline
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Registered: 06/10/11
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Loc: Steamboat Springs, CO
Looking to hire a porter to resupply a trip in the Winds mid August. Not sure how to go about it. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Dave
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#196097 - 07/15/16 07:24 PM Re: Resupply Porter Wind Rivers... [Re: rabbitearscarver]
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Registered: 02/03/06
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Loc: Gateway to Columbia Gorge
Your best bet is to contact a horse packing firm (try googling, there are lots!) to bring your resupply in. They do a lot of this! Your google search should focus on the trailhead the packer will use. If your resupply is in a popular area, you may be able to piggyback on someone else's trip, which would be a lot cheaper. For example, at Island Lake you'd be quite sure to find a piggyback situation. Getting resupplied in a location where the packer can go to your pickup location and back home in a day will also be cheaper. If the packer has to stay out overnight, or make a special trip just for you, it will be a lot more expensive.

The guidebook Beyond Trails in the Wind River Mountains, by our very own Wandering_Daisy, discusses this (along with lots of other logistics) in the last chapter. I haven't seen her post here lately, so I suspect she's out backpacking! Otherwise I'd have left this question for her to answer. I researched this about 5 years ago but didn't get very far (the location I was considering was quite isolated and a long way from the trailhead). .



Edited by OregonMouse (07/15/16 07:32 PM)
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