[pct-l] Onyx

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On May 4, 2009, at 1:16 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> I was looking at my data book and it seems to me that Onyx is a  
> potentially
> important resupply stop.
>
> I don't here a  lot about Onyx in the journals or the forums so I was
> wondering if folks are going from Tehachapi/Mojave all the way to  
> KM without
> resupplying or if there's some alternative I don't know about.

There's not much in Onyx as far as shopping. Just a gas station with  
a small mini-mart. Many people I met preferred Lake Isabella because  
there was ice cream available. It's a relatively hard hitch either  
way, but not impossible.

I went from Tehachapi to Lone Pine before a proper resupply, stopping  
at KM for supplemental food and a zero day. From Tehachapi to KM was  
only 6 days for me. Left Tehachapi after breakfast on 6/5 and arrived  
at KM before 9AM on 6/11. It didn't seem necessary to me to make a  
detour to Onyx.