Originally Posted by terrymorse
What about water/food/toilets?
What???
Seriously Foresthill is the last place with food, so you are looking at 80 miles with no sure facilities, there is nothing between Foresthill and French Meadows, nothing. There are bathrooms at French Meadows with sinks, but seriously, I would never go counting on that water as it seems pretty well unattended up there. I was carrying 144 ounces of fluids last year and I didn't run short, but I still believe some type of water filtration capability or iodine tablets are a must. The climb back to Foresthill at the end can be ungodly hot and though there's ususally some traffic on that road due to river rafting, I would not want to run out of water there. I'll get you a route sheet sometime in the next couple days, once you get to Foresthill there are only two turns to FM and a U-ey and a right to get back.