[pct-l] Water source listings for Oregon?

[danniken at comcast.net (Jon Danniken)]

Thanks Phil, that is definitely one of the drier sections of my planned
route.

I was kind of hoping there would be water at Red Cone Spring, but you didn't
find any there?
http://danniken.home.comcast.net/PCTRedConeSpring.jpg

Thanks,

Jon

From: "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>
>
> > 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.