Not if you are going straight through or camping. USFS cabins are for rent- currently booked into September. My crazy wife just checked and asked if I wanted to go after moose season.
Uh....NO?!!!! Beautiful trip tho, especially with fall colors.
I last did the whole trail (solo) over X-mas break about 1970. On SkIs. 17 degrees when I left Hope, -50 when I got to Cooper Landing. That was fun.. Busman's Holiday- I was working on it summers on trail crew.
