[pct-l] Bike Spring

[Mike]

Bike Spring approx location:
341737N1173032W
34.29361000, -117.50889000
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.29361,+-117.50889+%28Coordinates%29&iwloc=A&hl=en

Guffy Spring approx location:
342035N1173915W
34.343008,-117.654092
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.34301,+-117.65409+%28Coordinates%29&iwloc=A&hl=en



Mike



On 2/22/21 12:00 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> Hi everyone, I-Beam here.  I have a question for the really old timers on
> this list.  As many of you know I am a crew leader for the Cajon Pass
> Chapter of the Trail Gorillas.  We are looking into trying to rehabilitate
> old springs along the PCT that have fallen into disrepair and/or dried up
> and are no longer in use.  One such spring is Bike Spring at mile 347.3.
> This is ? mile trail north of Swarthout Canyon Road.  I first hiked that
> section in 2008 and it was out of repair and had no water then and since
> then there has been no water.  Half-mile?s trail notes has always indicated
> that it was ?always dry.?  The spring is only twenty yards or so off the
> trail and it is right across from the trail register box.  There is a
> concrete box where a pipe comes in from uphill, but no water.    We think
> the water source may still be viable because the brush is much thicker
> there, indicating some ground water.  So my question to everyone is:  When
> was the last time this spring had water?  We are trying to work with the
> Forest Service to get some background information about this spring, but
> there doesn?t seem to be much interest in helping us.  We are hoping to
> instigate a renewed interest in rehabbing springs all up and down the trial
> so we can get rid of some of the water caches.