No-cook/Stoveless/soaking method for PCT Thru.

Tabouli is no-cook option you can enhance with dried parsley and dried onions for cheap, especially in bulk. Wild onions can be found in meadows (check for that distinct onion smell!!!).

I've done crackers (Triskets, wheat thins) and a hard cheese and/or salami. Restack the crackers for space savings. Protect them in a pot but accept that the last 20% will be crumbs eaten with a spoon.

Grape nuts (the little nuggets, not the flakes) plus milk powder. And/or raisins and brown sugar.

No-cook oatmeal, dried fruit and nuts is called an "oatmeal cookie". A couple of those are breakfast and can be eaten as you hike (fastest way to warm up in the morning). Trader Joe's has some tasty ones (dry and long lasting) or bake your own (often moister).

The longest I've done no-cook is ten days and I love the simplicity, speed and lightweight. But, Man! dinners look an awful lot like lunch! You could mix it up by mailing stove and canister to the start of the shorter sections and then mailing them ahead in a drift box to the next shorter section. Weight-saving is most important on long stretches.

Edited for iPad induced typos.

I used isobutance canisters the whole way on the PCT, and it was easy. Usually easy to buy them, along with a few sent and/or hiker boxed. If it rains as much on you as it did on me all through Oregon and Washington, you might find that a hot meal cooked in your vestibule and eaten in your sleeping bag (i.e. finally warm and dry) is the most joyous moment of the day. During the long summer days in California, no-cook would be fine, but don't underestimate the value of a nice warm meal at the end of a long day, even if it's not after yet another day in the rain!

I used a Brunton Optimus Crux stove.

These work well. Make sure you get the re-fried ones and not the whole beans.

Santa Fe Bean Co., Instant Fat Free Black Refried Beans, 7.25-Ounce Pack.

Makes a few meals. Just bring some tortilla and Parmesan cheese. No heat needed….but way better when hot.

Thanks Nick…

The photo was taken at an ultra trail running event (I was doing a mere 12.5K)… it was called Run for the Toad and the proceeds went to a local conservation organization.