[pct-l] RE: Water at Walker Pass

[wandering_bob at comcast.net (Bob Bankhead)]

I recall reading somewhere that the water at Walker Pass CG comes from a 700
gallon USFS firefighting tank up on the hill that is re-filled on a schedule
known only to those who do it. For that reason, signs ask visitors to take
care to close the taps and not to let them run for long periods.

The Northern California PCT Guidebook (2003) page 253 says "If teh camp
faucets are turned off, spring water flows from a pipe into a 9-foot-square
cement-enclosed 'cattail garden' cow trough, to the left of Highway 178, 0.1
mile down, next to the 30 MILES PER HOUR SIGN."

Wandering Bob



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marshall Karon" <m.karon@comcast.net>
To: "Randy Forsland" <randy_forsland@hotmail.com>; "'PCT List'"
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] RE: Water at Walker Pass


> In 2000 we also experienced no water at Walker Pass. Locals said nearby
> farmers came with tankers and drained off the water for their own use. We
> were told that the tanks need to be supplied by off site water, not by any
> well or spring. Not sure if this is correct or not - just what we heard.
> Some trail angels had set out some jugs of water, but not enough. We
didn't
> see water anywhere else nearby. We hitched down to Onyx (harder to get
down
> than back up).
>
> Marshall Karon
> Portland, OR
> m.karon@comcast.net
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Randy Forsland" <randy_forsland@hotmail.com>
> To: "'PCT List'" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] RE: Kennedy Meadows Start
>
>
> > It had been shut off for a spell in early June...Angels had established
> > water caches there to make up for the shortfall though. When I went thru
> > with Sunburn and Shutterbug (approx 6/9), it was on again.
> >
> > I never heard the reasons for the shutoff . Maybe Donna or some of the
> > others could shed some light.
> >
> > Redwood
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robert Ellinwood" <rellinwood@worldnet.att.net>
> > To: "'John Brennan'" <john@outrightradio.org>; "'PCT List'"
> > <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 6:59 AM
> > Subject: RE: [pct-l] RE: Kennedy Meadows Start
> >
> >
> > > John Brennan writes: " you'd be advised to leave Onyx with full water
> > > containers since
> > > the well, and thus the water, at Walker Pass campground was not on in
> > > 2003."
> > >
> > > Whoa...  Do you actually mean not on at ALL???  Or just when you went
> > > through?  And when was that?   Do others know...was the water off all
> > > season at Walker Pass CG??  Yikes!
> > >
> > > Related to that, I have heard that there may be natural water (small
> > > spring) in a ravine near the Walker Pass CG.  Has anyone ever seen or
> > > used it?
> > >
> > >
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