We hiked through the Great Divide Basin southbound from Atlantic City starting August 14th and wanted to give a brief water report. For the most part, it's pretty simple - all the info on the Ley maps is pretty much correct, both for sources he says are good and bad. Unfortunately, I threw away my old maps, so I can't reference his map numbers.<br>
<br>Only a few things to add to Ley's info:<br>1. There's a source where he talks about finding old shoes in a barrel, just south of Brenton spring. We found that this source was good, with a slight "pipey" taste. The barrel was easy to find, and visible from the trail. There's a faucet handle inside the barrel, which might be covered with a potato sack.<br>
<br>2. South of Rawlins, if you take the shortcut - we drank out of the Teton Reservoir. It tasted pretty terrible, but was not too saline/alkaline to drink. <br><br>3. About 20 miles south of the Teton Resevoir is Fish Creek. About a mile north of where this is marked on the Ley map, it looks like the water is coming out from under the road. If you walk down to where you see the stream, there's great water bubbling up out of the ground there. <br>