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Backpacking Lake Tahoe to Mount Whitney. Resupply: Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort
Some basic backpacker resupply information about the Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort.
See the Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort resupply page on the trail guide.
The Kennedy Meadows Pack Station is located 9.32 miles West of the Sonora Pass, then one mile, to the Left, down a very well-marked road off of Highway 108. If you are coming from the West on Highway 108, Kennedy Meadows Pack Station is about 57 miles East of the town of Sonora.
The Sonora Pass is where the Pacific Crest Trail crosses Highway 108.
The Tahoe to Yosemite Trail intersects with Highway 108 about a mile West of the Sonora Pass at Saint Marys Pass.
I set up this Google Map of Highway 108 depicting the relative locations of Sonora Pass, Saint Marys Pass, and Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort on the Trail Guide.
Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort will accept, hold and deliver backpacker resupply packages sent to them through UPS ONLY. See the Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort resupply page in the trail guide for details.
Actual Location: This is also the proper address to send you resupply package to Kennedy Meadows through UPS. Kennedy Meadows ONLY accepts resupply packages sent through UPS:
Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort
57 miles East of Sonora
Sonora, Ca, 95370
Phone: 209 965 3900
Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort website
The United States Postal Service mailing address of Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort: NOT FOR RESUPPLY SHIPMENTS.
Kenndey Meadows Pack Station
PO Box 4010
Sonora, California 95370
USGS topo map from the Trail Guide
Miles and Elevation index from the Trail Guide
See the Resupply section of the Tahoe to Whitney Trail Guide for more on Resupplying between Lake Tahoe and Mount Whitney.
If you have any comments, experiences at Kennedy Meadows Pack Station and Resort, or questions, post them through the Comments Link below:
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Hey Brian,
I'm thinking you are the guy I met who was carefully exploring the Relief Reservoir region, but your description of a loop is throwing me!
Oh, I know! You guys are the dudes from San Diego packing heat! Awesome! Good to hear from you, dude!
I did the KM to Glen Aulin section in 5 days, despite my sun-stroke-ishness during the first two days. I found my buddy's trail crew at Glen Aulin, and spent two nights there with this fine crew of hard-assed kids. Then on the 8th day I made the final 6.8 to Tuolumne Meadows from Glen Aulin. These two extra days did not fuck up my food plans as the trail crew fed me like a king pig...
In any case the Emigrant Basin and its environs were just delightful. This time of year offers great benefits: no skeeters, great angle of the sun on the rock, and cooler temps to climb those beautiful rock canyons!
I'm going to remove your personal information from your comment, but why don't you register on the site, and keep in touch? I'm big on internet security, and as you can see I put your email and phone into my email address book.
I've got a real hankering to head down to TM and try to walk through Kings Canyon to Whitney. I've got an invite to visit an elite Kings Canyon Trail Crew. They do amazing work off of slings and such. But if I do, I'll never get this frkn web site done...
I'm figuring that my next trips will come after the snows deepen along the Sierra Crest.
Thanks for the compliments on the site. I am just getting rolling right now on organizing the videos, pics, and trail info for the Carson Pass to Tuolumne Meadows sections. So stay tuned, I hope to bring the trail guide up to a very entertaining and informative level.
Alex
Brian760
How about next year running from Sonora Pass to Tuolumne Meadows (across the Emigrant Basin, or around it through the West Walker) to Tuolumne Meadows?
It can be done within 5 days (15 per day) or up to the 11 days that two dudes I just encountered along the trail were doing it in.
They were planning on less than ten a day, with plenty of time, and days off, for fishing at such classic fishing spots as Tilden Lake, Bensen Lake, and Smedberg Lake.
But you can't pack heat into Yosemite!