Water on first 30 miles of Georgia AT

[clsvideo]

A friend and I are set to do the first 30 miles (specifically Springer Mt. to Blood Mt.) of the AT next month and are concerned about water. According to a chart on the Georgia AT club's website, a lot of the water spots are dried up or at a trickle. Looks like there is a 20 mile gap with no good water. I wanted to see if anyone has been out to that section recently and what you experienced with water supplies. Thanks.

[Northern Lights]

Water was fine the 17-24 of September and they had a lot of rain while I was out there. I think Generoll recently posted an updated water report for that area.

[clsvideo]

Thanks. Do you have a link to that thread? I can't find it.

[peakseeker]

I just finished that section ( Oct 22-25) and there is NO water problems at all. You just need to fill up as needed to insure you do not go dry. The only dry areas I know of were Woody GAp and Jarrod and with the rainy season coming, those may be flowing by the time you hike. No worries on water.

[clsvideo]

Awesome! Thanks Peakseeker!

[scope]

Also wondering what 20m section that might have been perceived to be? Depending on how dry some of the regular springs are, I can't think of any stretch that would ever be over 9-10m at the height of our worst droughts so far.

[clsvideo]

This is the source I was going off of and was only counting the water sites that said Good. http://www.georgia-atclub.org/trail/water.htm

[Bear Cables]

We just got off that section on Friday. We left a water stash at Woody gap and carried 3 liters each up beyond Big Cedar. Had plenty to finish hike but could have carried less as we were almost to Lance creek when we stopped for the night.

[clsvideo]

Thanks for the update.