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traegerm
08-05-2010, 17:36
My wife and I and our dog will be starting a 2 week trip on the CT westbound on saturday morning and I am trying to find some beta on what the water supply is like recently for anyone who has been on the first 300 westbound miles (from waterton) recently.
Traeger
Left alreaday but--
Section 7 and 8 were good. Really good. I don't think we went more than 3 miles without a source. First time on the CT for me ( from the East Coast).
Suprised how much there was above treeline. Locals have told me it has been a wet summer there as well.
300winmag
04-10-2011, 17:39
My guidebook says there are a few sections in the southern 1/2 of the trail (which is all I'm interested in) that have little dependable water. So I'm taking a Platypus roll-up botle for extra water.
My water containers for the CT:
1. hydration bladder - 3 liters
2. bike bottle - 1 liter
3. Platypus roll-up bottle - 1 liter
That should be enough to get me through a "dry camp" day.
This winter (2010/1011) saw a heavier than normal snowpack in the the Rockies so I may not need the Platypus container but I'll take it just in case.
My water treatment:
1. Steripen Adventurer (for the bike bottle and Platypus roll-up container)
2. Katadyn Micropur chlorine dioxide tablets (for the hydration bladder)
3. small soft plastic funnel and #1 coffee filters for pre-filtering.
Eric