[pct-l] Sec A Mile 11 campspot?

[belcherjd at juno.com]

To: Scott Bryce 
Sun Oct 21 11:05:30 CDT 2012

Thanks Scott,
I figured as much but since I’ve never been there and have not seen anyone commenting in a journal about camping before Hauser creek I was wondering.
Your statement – “If you can't find a place to camp in open desert,
you may have trouble hiking the trail” – gave me a good belly laugh ;)  Ya-gotta-remember, I live and hike in the PNW and I’m having trouble getting my mind around open spaces on trail and no rain for days on end ;)
I have taken a couple hikes in the Yakima Canyon area (sage brush and rattle snakes) in prep for next year, but even there the sage brush is close enough together that I would not call it open desert like I see in journal pictures.
And Yes, I plan on keeping an eye on the water reports (thank you Half-Mile).

‘til later
jon

------------------original message --------------------------------
> Astro went 11 miles his first day (April 7) and I see on Half Mile's
> maps that there are power lines at that point. What are the
> conditions for a campspot there?

I don't remember exactly what mile 11 was like, but most of that general
area is open desert. If you can't find a place to camp in open desert,
you may have trouble hiking the trail. You pretty much learn to camp
wherever you are. In some places that is easier than other places, but
if you need to look for an established camp site, you are going to have
a hard time finding them much of the time.

> I'm assuming there is no water near there

IIRC, mile 11 is near the top of a hill. Since water flows downhill, I
would not expect to find water there.

> and that the next water would possibly at Hauser Creek mile 16 on
> that date most years??

Hauser creek is usually dry by the time through hikers come through. The
first reliable water is at Lake Morena. On April 7 you may find water
there. I'd check the water report before you start out at Campo.






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