21 days. I take it slow, too, but you guys must have some special requirements for so many resupplies? Meal planning can get that down to one (strict, but typical) or two (with lots of treats) certainly three (gourmet de luxe) at the outside. If you use Colin Fletcher's version of the Zone calorie allocation planning (which I heartily embrace), your total food supply will average over 6 calories per gram, over 175 per ounce.
With a typical calorie requirement, say 3500 per day, you are looking at 20 ounces or so of (dry) food per person per day. For 3500 calories/day, you get 10 days out of 12.5 lbs of dry food, maybe 15 lbs tops with some treats. As with most things, your mileage may vary from these estimates, and will for larger and smaller individuals, but they are very realistic.
Now, I dry and package all my own food, so I can nail calories and carb/protein/fat ratios and total calorie counts pretty close, customized for every party and trip, but you can accomplish the same thing with the commercial products. Even if you are paying retail for the best of the prepared vacuum/freeze/spray dry products, you can save a lot in time, bucks and trip integrity through meal planning.
Especially starting from Tuolomne, don't see why you can't do (and eat!) just fine with the usual resupply at Red's and/or Muir Ranch.
If I am missing something here, please let me know, because I am doing the JMT (HI to WP) in 2012 based on these calculations!
Last edited by saltydog; 04/15/11 05:22 PM.
