[pct-l] Hi all

[marmot marmot]

It seems that the CDT-L does not exist anymore so I’ll ask my questions here. Most people do the Gilla River alternative. It appears ,from Guthook, that the official route has water ( at least part of the way-I’m not completely sure).
* Why do people choose the alt route? Fording the river countless times does not appeal to me. But I’ll do it if that’s only way with water. 
* have any of you done the official route?
* is there water?
*is there a reasonably clear route on the ground or  enough Waypoints that it isn’t just wandering around semi-lost for days? 
* will I be forced to be on  Facebook to get this info? That I have avoided so far. 
A lot of this will be new for me. In ‘96 I used Wolf’s guidebook and list of maps and I followed Ray and Jenny’s route though New Mexico. It’s been so long since I did the CDT that even the parts that are the same will feel new. And I’m going to hike most of it the opposite direction. It will be exciting to see actual trail. If they exist. I’d like to have paper maps that have the route on them in addition to Guthook? Maybe if anyone knows of a better app —-let me know. Are Jonathan Ley’s maps still accurate? Is there something out there of which I am unaware?  
I won’t be on trail until next April. ‘21.  The first time I had piles of forest service and BLM maps in every resupply. So this time I was hoping for info that was little more compressed and simpler. Maybe even had a trail on the map.  I’m not expecting anything as obvious as the AT or PCT but I have hopes that it will be less of me just heading from Canada to Mexico with map and compass whatever  random, stumbling way I can figure out. 
Thanks for any help. 
Marmot



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