[pct-l] Sierra water sources....

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Guthrie,

I hiked through the Sierras in ’07 and found all the water I could possibly
need close at hand.  I rarely carried more than a half-liter at any one
time.  The only time I could have used more was crossing Muir Pass over
several miles of snowpack.  There wasn’t much running water and much of
that was burried, being exposed only in a few difficult-to-reach places.  It’s
always possible to eat snow, but I prefer not to.  I did add snow to the
water I had in my jug, but it melts so slowly about all it did was to make
the water wonderfully cold.  All that was only a minor inconvenience.

Enjoy your planning,

Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Guthrie Nutter <guthrie.nutter at gmail.com>wrote:

> I know it's early to make any determinations and weather still needs to
> play out, - but am curious from previous hikers who hiked in the 1977, 2007
> and other record low precip years in the Sierra - were the water sources
> still numerous in the Sierra despite the snow pack?  Were natural springs
> still artesian?  Or does low-snowpack compute to carrying more liters of
> water between sources?  Your experiences/stories are welcome....
>
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