[pct-l] Deep Creek Hot Springs

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

I camped there.......there were really good sites on the far end up
above...................................no problem.
Others were living there and staying long term.  I heard the permenent
resident Scott "Merchant", as the hikers names him for selling food and
beer, got the boot later on.  I don't know about hikers.
Rangers?  They'd have to hike in a ways.  I doubt you'ld see them if you
set up in the evening.
Cool place.  Not good camping after that from what I remember.  Maybe not
before.

Monty


> [Original Message]
> From: Steve Peterson <steve_peterson@sbcglobal.net>
> To: pct-l <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Date: 12/22/2004 8:11:57 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Deep Creek Hot Springs
>
> (Milepoint 309.2)
>
> Is there camping there or not? Yogi in 2003 reports getting booted out of
there, 
> others in 2004 report camping there. If it is just hit/miss depending on
the 
> mood/presence of rangers, what about following the jeep road to Warm
Spring on 
> the other side of the creek--is that feasible and is camping allowed
there?
>
> Also, the Guidebook reports that just *before* the hotsprings, there is a 
> "streamside terrace where the Forest Service plans an equestrian camp"
(p. 150 
> in the 6th Edition). Have they built the camp? If not, is it a place one
might 
> camp assuming one didn't want to take a chance on the rangers at the
Hotsprings?
>
> Thanks,
> --Steve (who doesn't fancy sleeping on the bridge, a la Yogi & Friends)
>
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