[pct-l] Fuller Ridge - Wellmans Divide ROUND?

[Shutterbug steiner]

No did not make it to Round Valley this trip - was there memorial day weekend and it was CROWDED but flowing well!

Mike Saenz <msaenz at mve-architects.com> wrote:  Don't suppose you made it to Round Valley, or talked to any on the
trails who have?
The pipe spring next to the Ranger Hut usually flows well, even in dry
years.

Round Valley is only 2 miles off the PCT off the Wellman Divide trail (1
mile to Wellman Divide and 1 mile from there to Round.

Wellman is a great view point over the lower basin and worth the side
trip from the PCT!

For PCT Thru-hiker purposes though, During the Spring, water typically
flows well in several locations between Apache Peak and Fuller Ridge. No
need to walk the 2 miles to Round Valley for water when the Thrus pass.

But if you're hiking the San J area, Round Valley is a nice spot to
visit. Awesome campsites there too! The Meadow is almost always a sure
bet for wildlife watching.

-Cheers!

Michael Saenz
Associate Partner

MV&P International, Inc. | Architecture + Planning + Interiors 
Irvine + Oakland + Honolulu

1900 Main Street, Suite 800 | Irvine, California 92614-7318 | T
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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:26 PM
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Subject: [pct-l] Fuller Ridge - Wellmans Divide

Today day hiked PCT from Black Mt to San Jacinto via the Deer Springs
Trail and then looped around through Strawberry Cienga and the PCT back
through Fuller Ridge. The trail Gorillas have done a fantastic job with
new switches, boulder blasting, and manicuring this whole segment. Only
one blow down just south of junction with Strawberry Trail. DOUBLE
KUDOS - I have never seen a section this remote manicured this WELL!

Water wise it is pretty dry up there --- none of the Trib of the N
Fork of San Jacinto had any water --- Strawberry Cienga - you'd have to
wait half a day to catch enough drips for a liter. The next spring (N
1.5 miles) has just a puddle to filter. In an emergency you could hike
up the deer springs trail less than a mile and there was decent flow
and if you headed towards Wellmans Divide and the summit of San Jack -
Wellmans Cienga was flowing about a liter a minute. Don't count on much
water for very long for the South Bounders and Section Hikers!

Great day in the wilderness - Saw only two people on the PCT and about
a dozen on Deer Springs and Summit.

SB


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