public transport to Cascade Locks?

Check this out: http://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Public_Transportation

I'm planning on going on as many "hybrid" trips as possible this year using mass transit, bike and hike. Many regional mass transit busses have bike racks now.

Barefoot Jake has a good blog on bus routes from Seattle to Lake Quinalt in the Olympic National Park: http://www.barefootjake.com/2015/02/seatac-to-lake-quinault.html?m=1

Where would you be coming from? PDX?

Trimet (Portland's mass transit system) has a link to CAT (Columbia Area Transit), here:

http://community.gorge.net/hrctd/

Look halfway down the page at the "Gorge Translink."

Looks like they run a Tuesday & Thursday Gorge route, connecting Portland and Hood River. I'd guess that would include a Cascade Locks stop, but I don't know.

Also, there are many thru-hikers and BPLers in the Portland area who could give you a ride. I'll do it if it works with my schedule, so feel free to PM me.

Thanks so much :-)

I will ask at the Gorge bus if they can drop us off at Cascade Locks as they pass by.

I will fly to Seattle (from Germany) and then head down to Portland with a Greyhound bus.

Thanks for the offer to take us there! Actually I never thought of that… I might come back to it.

From SeaTac, you can take light rail into downtown Seattle. From there, I would consider an Amtrak train from Seattle to Union Station in Portland. Portland's downtown is fairly compact and very walkable or there is light rail.

There are numerous places to stay in downtown Portland. If you wanted an affordable option (especially if you were only here a night), we do have a hostel, very close to a grocery store and a Trader Joe's (a chain store but with great snacks for hiking). Here:

http://nwportlandhostel.com

Edit: the hostel is also close to a REI, for anything last minute things you might need.

A fun place to stay in Portland is http://www.mcmenamins.com/KennedySchool (budget aside)

Depending on the day I may also be able to drive you to the trail.