[pct-l] water on Hat Creek Rim

[Charles Williams]

You're welcome Pam!  Actually the one part of logging out the Hat Creek District this early that I don't like is not being able to "meet and greet" all the distance hikers.  
 
If you haven't section hiked the Rim yet, I'd highly recommend April and May.  It's still cool and the flowers are out.  We've seen lots of varieties of plants and even animal sign.  But it  can be brutal on a hot summer day.
 
In the 2 years we've been logging out the 55 miles from Lassen Park to Burney Falls we've only seen one hiker.  And a crew from Cal Fire doing a conditioning run up to the top of the rim.  
 
Charles
QuincyRider

--- On Tue, 5/28/13, Pam Bryant <pam.bryant at cox.net> wrote:


From: Pam Bryant <pam.bryant at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] water on Hat Creek Rim
To: "Charles Williams" <charlesnolie at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 3:42 PM


dear charles,
thank you for all of your hard work on the trail.
as a section pct hiker, i appreciate very, very much what you do!
thank you for making the trail *enjoyable* for all!
pam bryant


---- Charles Williams <charlesnolie at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Yes, the steel signpost on the south side of the Lost Creek Canyon does, in fact, mark a trail that makes it all the way down to water.  It is a steep trail and has some rock scrambling to do to even get to the water.  It is not to the PCT standards and is definitely not passable by stock.  
>  
> I just got back from a trail maintenance project in the Hat Creek District last week and we logged out virtually all the trail from Lassen National Park to Burney Falls State Park.  My friend Jim and I have adopted the section with the PCTA's help and will continue to do maintenance in the area in the coming years.  There were 65 blow downs last year in that area and no fewer than 130 this year.
>  
> Getting to the bottom of that trail was high on our priority list and Jim hiked to the spring during the trip last week.  I remember the disappointment of hiking the rim 20 years ago and hearing the water on that hot and dry section and not being able to get to it.
>  
> Are you up in that area frequently?  Any interest in joining us for some brushing work this summer or next?  We'd love some help...
>  
> Charles Williams
> 
> --- On Tue, 5/28/13, hiker2009 at comcast.net <hiker2009 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: hiker2009 at comcast.net <hiker2009 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] water on Hat Creek Rim
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 2:08 PM
> 
> 
> Yesterday I hiked by the Lost Creek canyon and found a built-to-last metal trail marker at a junction that said Lost Creek - Water 
> and a constructed trail that switchbacked down into the canyon. It's not in Yogi's book and it's not on Half Mile's map. 
> I didn't want to hike down and back to check it out though. Anybody know anything? If not too arduous it could temper the bite 
> of the Hat Creek Rim in July. In my case though I was wondering if the mist would turn to rain - the usual breeze on the rim 
> could have made real hypothermia weather. I had forgotten my rain gear - one always forgets something. 
> 
> The day before I checked out Road 22 cache. Lots of good water there, and some rather funky water that seems to have had 
> the lids chewed off by the wildlife. And the two ice chest contents were getting pretty funky too. But there's enough there 
> for the first batch of through hikers. 
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