BillConner wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2011 at 12:10pm:

Thanks.  One of thse things that is hard to find out, but when  the outfitter at Copia was quoting $140 for shuttle times 2 I thought it was worth finding out about.

On my trip last year, I took a shuttle to Leano (a 2 hour drive, more or less) and dropped my vehicle at Onnie on the way in.  That allowed me to do something of a loop, yet not come back to the same place.  But I also enjoyed the fact that I wasn't having to push any "deadlines" for my arrival at the take-out by not having a shuttle on my return.

If I recall, the $140 is for 1 or 2 paddlers (not so bad if you are not running solo.)  Not that I'm planning a shuttle this year, but Harlan (Red Lake Outfitters) and I did talk about the cost of a shuttle to Leano at 'copia.  When you factor in the cost of fuel and the amount of time required (2 hours each way), the outfitters are not getting rich running a shuttle service.  (Wear and tear on equipment is not minimal either.)

As for other locations, I know that Jimbo parked at the Lund Lake EP last year without incident.  I'll be parking at Beresford Lake (the Garner Lake EP) this year which, in my opinion, has a better chance of vandalism issues since the lake also serves motor traffic and has a campground ... consequently more people hanging around.

dd