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[pct-l] San Felipe Hills
Ben,
I did that section of the trail early last May. A few comments:
> I need to know about three things in the area from Scissors Crossing to
> Barrel Spring.
> 1) Is there any water near the trail?
There was a trail angle cache hidden in some bushes near the road before
you get to the river. But i don't know how reliable it is, especially early
in the year. The river is very suspicous. If there hadn't been a water
cache
i would have hitched to the nearest town. Bless those trail angels!!!!!!!!
> 2) Is there any good spots for striking a camp and spending the night?
I camped a few miles up the trail in the hills in a little sandy wash.
Others
camped right on the trail. I hiked the last few miles to my sandy camp
in the last couple hours of the day. It was very nice to camp
in the hills.
> 3) Is a permit required to camp in the San Felipe Hills?
>
Who knows, but who cares??
If your going light the hike to Barrel Springs is not hard. Just camp a few
miles from the highway in the hills and get up early. The hike is just long
and rambling. Some CRAZY LONG switch-backs before the springs!
Barrel springs is real nice.
Watch out for the charging cows before Warner Springs!
Have fun,
Yukon Pete