[pct-l] Water & Trail Report Big Bear Area

[jeff.singewald at comcast.net]

Diane,

I spoke w/ the previous poster off-line and she was referring to a hike in early to mid July rather than typical thru-hike season.  There are a number of water sources between Highway 18 and Holcomb Creek that are typically running during thru-hiker season.

Jeff

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From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> 

> 
> On Apr 21, 2008, at 9:22 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > Bill and Jeff-- 
> > 
> > I'm not big on water caches either, but the description you gave is 
> > pretty 
> > much what happened to my husband and I when we walked this stretch 
> > in July 
> > 2005-- only worse. Perhaps the solution is to update the guide and 
> > data 
> > books. Since this happened 2 years ago, I take it the situation has 
> > not 
> > improved. 
> > 
> > We started at highway 18 one evening (we're from Northern Cal) 
> > thinking to 
> > camp at Doble Camp-- we pulled in and no water. Ok, we think, we'll 
> > just dry 
> > camp and head out to the next water source in the morning. The 
> > problem was 
> > that we were not carrying a whole bunch of water from the trailhead 
> > because 
> > we thought we could fill up there. In fact we had to spend a night 
> > and walk 
> > another 17 plus miles to the next decent water source at Holcomb 
> > Creek! It 
> > was not fun. 
> > 
> > So-- perhaps a warning to others is appropriate. 
> > 
> > Jo 
> 
> I have a question about this. I have the data book. According to the 
> book, there is water past Doble Camp at a number of places. Are they 
> all dry or too difficult to get to? For example, one of the listings 
> mentions Delamar spring .9 miles from the trail. Is that spring dry 
> or do people just not want to leave the trail in search of water? 
> 
> Diane 
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