Tom Leonard Lean-to

[Berserker]

Note, the water 50ft from this shelter is NOT the best water available at this site. There is a blue blazed trail past the privy down hill steeply to the small stream coming out of the ice glen. This source is by far a better source. The source near the shelter is typically colored with tanic acid from the swamp that it comes from and will often go dry in mid summer.

To piggy back off of this the more reliable source is on the blue blazed trail past the privy. I had the pages from the Companion with me and it stated to that the water was "down a steep ravine". There's a trail going to the ravine to the left of the shelter (when facing away from the shelter), which is where I presume some are getting water when the flow is higher. That was dry when I went through there in early September of this year, but mistaken thought it was the source and ventured further down into the ravine, which is a rugged boulder field. So if it's dry at the top of that hit the trail that goes past the privy as stated above.

[Cosmo]

There is no trail down into the ravine to the left--you might have been able to get there, but it's not blazed or maintained. Best just to follow the blue blaze past the privy (bear right going away from the shelter). Probably the coldest water south of Maine. Snow lingers in the secret places in that ravine (Ice Gulch) until well into the summer.

Cosmo

To piggy back off of this the more reliable source is on the blue blazed trail past the privy. I had the pages from the Companion with me and it stated to that the water was "down a steep ravine". There's a trail going to the ravine to the left of the shelter (when facing away from the shelter), which is where I presume some are getting water when the flow is higher. That was dry when I went through there in early September of this year, but mistaken thought it was the source and ventured further down into the ravine, which is a rugged boulder field. So if it's dry at the top of that hit the trail that goes past the privy as stated above.

[Berserker]

There is no trail down into the ravine to the left--you might have been able to get there, but it's not blazed or maintained. Best just to follow the blue blaze past the privy (bear right going away from the shelter). Probably the coldest water south of Maine. Snow lingers in the secret places in that ravine (Ice Gulch) until well into the summer.

Cosmo

You are right in that there is not a blue blazed trail into the ravine on the left side, but there is a heavy "use trail" there. When I rolled in I was not in a super clear state of mind due to the heat and being worn out. So I blindly followed this use trail into the ravine, and it's clear that many others have also. So that's why I thought I would report on it so others don't make the same mistake.

Oh yeah, and once in the ravine there was some really cold air coming up from under the rocks...it felt fantastic...kinda like air conditioning.