[pct-l] Belden trail route query

[wandering_bob at msn.com (wandering_bob@xxxxxxx)]

David:

I went through last summer on the re-route (the Indian Creek Trail). It was conspicuously marked (could have been better and more often) and easy to follow, but seemed to go on forever. Most of the upper half of the re-route is along dirt roads. There is a single T intersection; go right. The first 1500 feet is fairly steep, but after that it is gradual and all under tree cover.

There was no water. It is 11 miles and 3350 feet from Belden to the first water at Poison Spring. You will NOT get to the spring on the Indian Creek trail. When you reach the point where the PCT crosses the dirt road you're on, go south (left) about 0.5 mile on the PCT to the spring. Cold Spring (reliable) is 6 miles north on the PCT.   

The old PCT had just re-opened, but the detour signs had not been taken down when I started uphill from Belden.

Wandering Bob

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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:49 PM
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Subject: [pct-l] Belden trail route query

Greetings to all from a long-time lurker.  

My question today concerns the Chips Creek section of the trail northbound
out of Belden to Poison Spring.  

I've called the forest service twice in the past few weeks trying to
determine if the current route is still the re-route, if the re-route became
the "new" permanent route or if we're back to the "old" permanent route. The
two people I spoke to were nice but totally unable to tell me.  

Also, I'm wondering how hard the route-finding is through here (or, to put
it another way, how easy it is to get lost on the maze of jeep tracks).  

I'm planning on camping near the point below Poison Spring where the trail
crosses a creek.  

Thanks,  

DP  
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