Water Sources on San G?
Posted:
Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:50 amby OldnSlow
Any reliable water sources on San G trails this summer? We are thinking of backpacking from South Forks up to the Lodgepole area the first night before summiting. But we've heard that spring may be dry.
Posted:
Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:04 amby Hikin_Jim
Everything right at Dry Lake is dry, including normally reliable Lodgepole Spring. There is a spring, which I call Dry Lake Spring which is above the switchbacks on the Dry Lake Trail. The spring is just below the trail. Look for greenery and listen for water.
This old map shows the spring:
HJ
Posted:
Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:02 pmby OldnSlow
Had a great trip, but packed our water with us. At the Fish Creek trail head, there was water in at Fish Creek, but didn't do us very good. From there to the summit it was bone dry. We came down South Fork and ran into a bit of water near the end of that trail, too late to do us any good.
All three of us went through about 7 liters each for drinking and cooking.