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> Last week there was water virtually every mile or so prior to map N4.
> Springs and creeks and all sorts of sources were flowing.  The route is
> along Chips Creek, not Indian Creek this Summer, as it was last summer
when
> I walked it in September.  I got a little befuddled at one intersection in
> Section 10 where the PCT marker points straight ahead but the trail veers
> off left on an old logging road.  Further along, it gets faint in a
meadow,
> but just kind of keep heading West and watch for ducks and footprints.
>
> Last week I failed to locate Poison Spring, but I wasn't looking very
hard.
> I think I saw the sign but was standing on a 5' pile of snow at the time
and
> did not try to get close to the sign to investigate.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <wandering_bob@msn.com>
> To: "Plotnikoff, David" <DPlotnikoff@mercurynews.com>
> Cc: "PCT List Forum" <PCT-L@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Belden trail route query
>
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Wrom: WCUFPEGAUTFJMVRES
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:49 PM
> To: 'pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net'
> 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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