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I forgot to mentioned that the ticks were terrible between Brenton
Springs and South Pass City. I was also easily picking off 20 or
more a day. See Yeti's note below.<br><br>
Jeff<br><br>
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At 12:04 PM 7/17/2009, Yeti wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Jeff, would you warn people re
the ticks. Melanie & I picked up 20 or more a day. I just got 2 heads
pulled out of me today. I'm in Pinedale. I got the bodies off but missed
the heads. They are everywhere. If you just stand on the trail, they
crawl up your boots. You really need to be careful.<br><br>
Yeti<br><br>
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Jeff Braun
<<a href="mailto:jbraun@vizsolutions.com">jbraun@vizsolutions.com</a>
> wrote:<br>
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<dd>North bound hikers are starting to head out of Rawlins and as I
just<br>
<dd>completed this segment between July 1-5, I thought I would provide
a<br>
<dd>water update. In general all the springs are in good shape right
now.<br>
<dd>Going from south to north:<br><br>
<dd>Fish Pond Spring - Excellent fenced water source ~11 miles out
of<br>
<dd>Rawlins (13 miles from downtown Rawlins). Completely redone with
two<br>
<dd>new vertical cylinders packed in new gravel. A solar panel pumps<br>
<dd>water (when the sun is out) from the larger 3' cylinder and you
can<br>
<dd>get your water directly from it. Otherwise you can walk 50' to
the<br>
<dd>smaller cylinder for water. Best spring development on the
CDT?<br><br>
<dd>Bull Spring - Fenced, full of water to top of vertical culvert,<br>
<dd>slightly discolored but tastes fine. Need to wade in if you want
to<br>
<dd>get water from within the cylinder. Also a solar pump to fill
two<br>
<dd>nearby water troughs.<br><br>
<dd>Upper Stewart Creek Well - solar panel might be here. Cows in
the<br>
<dd>area, but off trail.<br><br>
<dd>Unnamed Spring - did not visit<br><br>
<dd>Divide Well - no solar panel. (Note solar panel west of the
trail<br>
<dd>just before the Divide Well connects to a well but not sure where
the<br>
<dd>water is pumped to, but I expect to water cows further
west.)<br><br>
<dd>A&M Reservoir - water level looks like it is probably down a few
feet<br>
<dd>since it was refilled in 2007. Clear water, slightly discolored.<br>
<dd>Trout were jumping.<br><br>
<dd>Lost Soldier Creek - off trail, did not visit.<br><br>
<dd>Crooks Creek - Drum with valve near trail still working. Not
sure<br>
<dd>where the water comes from.<br><br>
<dd>Brenton Spring - Good fenced spring.<br><br>
<dd>Magpie Creek - dry<br><br>
<dd>West Arapahoe Creek - 1st spring has gross looking water with
full<br>
<dd>impoundment below it. Second creek was drying up - water was
flowing<br>
<dd>north of the trail at the fence line, but cows are currently in
that<br>
<dd>pasture north of the fence.<br><br>
<dd>Haypress Reservoirs (2) - clear but dark color. Slight dirty
taste,<br>
<dd>would avoid relying on this supply. No cows in the area.<br><br>
<dd>State Section Reservoir - clear, amber color, Strong
dirty taste<br>
<dd>and cows in the area. I would avoid using it.<br><br>
<dd>Alkali Creek - dry or mud holes<br><br>
<dd>Coyote Lake - dry<br><br>
<dd>Coyote Gulch 1 - (Wolf 20.5) pools of clear water, cows in the
area<br>
<dd>but water seems fine.<br><br>
<dd>Coyote Gulch 2 - (Wolf 16.3) Drying up, pools of clear water, cows
in<br>
<dd>the area but water seems fine.<br><br>
<dd>Weasel Spring - Very good fenced spring with covered culvert to
access water.<br><br>
<dd>Upper Mormon Spring - good unfenced spring, no cows in this
area<br><br>
<dd>Harris Slough - dry<br><br>
<dd>Sweetwater River - lots of water here<br><br>
<dd>Jeff<br><br>
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