[pct-l] Oregon Sec C - Jack Spring?

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Sep 20, 2009, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: "Deems" <losthiker at sisqtel.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Oregon Sec C - Jack Spring?
>
> In early October, I may have a chance to hike from Hwy 140 to Hwy  
> 62 on
> Oregon Sec C. I'm curious if Jack Spring and Ranger Springs are  
> reliable
> water sources in October; each one is just south of Crater Lake NP  
> boundary
> and the Oregon desert. If anyone has recent info on these water  
> sources and
> this trail section, I'd appreciate it.

I don't know what the condition of Jack Spring is in October, but it  
isn't easy to find. The sign is on a small tree leaning over and it's  
pointed toward southbound hikers. The trail to the spring is very  
very faint. I was able to find it but others I talked to could not  
find even the turnoff. The spring I had visited before Jack Spring  
was quite a disappointment so I took very little water from it. I'm  
glad I was able to find Jack Spring. Just in case you can't find it,  
fill up at the disappointing spring before that. I forget its name.  
Has a nasty elevation drop.