[pct-l] Water source listings for Oregon?

[pbaily at webuniverse.net (Phil Baily)]

I walked from Highway 138 northward in the second half of August last year.
There was plenty of good water at Thielsen Creek and there was water at 6
Horse Spring that needed filtering. Otherwise, no problems. The only place
you will have a really long haul is between Crater Lake Lodge and Thielsen
Creek. Several people told me there was supposed to be a water cache
available at Highway 138. (I did not see it because I went from the
trailhead parking lot, not the PCT/Highway junction itself.) If you can, you
might check this out ahead of time or leave your own cache in a hidden spot
there. Then you will not need to make a detour. If you stay on the PCT
itself and do not cache, it is 25 miles from Thielsen Creek to Crater Lodge
without water. If you can do that in a day and can carry enough water, no
problem even without a cache. Otherwise, maybe there is a side trip to
Crater Lake that is shorter than going to Diamond Lake.

Pieces

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Danniken" <danniken@comcast.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water source listings for Oregon?


> From: "Jeffrey Olson"
> > >
> > >It's pretty good.  Southern Oregon's water is as scarce as the water
> between
> > >Tehachapi and Kennedy Meadows and rarely as good.  When Yogi says
"Gross
> > >Water" she ain't kidding.  It's the reason, I think, why it takes so
> long to
> > >pick through the guide to find the actual PCT among the myriad side
> routes,
> > >alternate routes, re-routes, back-tracks, road walks and mulligans that
> the
> > >authors push so mightily.
> > >
> > >
> > One of the worthy alternates to the part between Crater Lake and Mt.
> > Thielsen takes you to the headwaters of the Rogue River.  This is an
> > amazing spot.  Within a hundred yards the river leaps fully-mature from
> > a bunch of springs.  It is totally unique...  Unfortunately this takes
> > you to Diamond Lake and you miss the traverse of Mt. Thielsen.
>
> Ooooh, neat idea.  I'm actually doing a round trip from Willamette Pass to
> Crater Lake and back again, so that sounds like a great way for the return
> trip.  Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Jon
>
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