http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/ The Grand Enchantment Trail Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:04:09 GMT absolutravis28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/433 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/433 I was going to report back with more details on water, but James did that for me. Most of the drainages had water, and I even got water from some unmarked Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:42:29 GMT Brett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/432 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/432 Thanks for the update Travis. All but one of the other recent reports seems to confirm your finding of ample water. "Rainman" may have started from Roosevelt Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:57:10 GMT Brett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/431 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/431 "Rainman VT" just reported via email: thru the supes and heading east. h20 low but avail. long streach no h20 on way to picketpost. some snow over 5000 but not Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:36:45 GMT Kathy Preble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/430 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/430 Thanks for the report, I'll be coming out from the East coast in April, 1st week to hike the #104 trail/GET/Boulder and La Barge Canyons. I'll be keeping Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:20:55 GMT james http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/429 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/429 Greetings GET community -- Just spend 3 days in the western Supers and can confirm that water is not an issue -- Charlebois, LaBarge, Bluff Springs and Trapp Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:41:25 GMT Paul Schilke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/428 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/428 thanks for the update, I plan to be in the superstition wilderness the end of january. ________________________________ From: absolutravis28 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:16:35 GMT absolutravis28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/427 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/427 Hi everyone. I just got off the trail, but did not make it to Superior due to knee problems with one member of my group and my own feet were starting to Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:45:45 GMT Steve McAllister http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/426 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/426 I may be getting laid off in Jan. or Feb. I may actually get to spend some time in that area before I have to get another job. ... -- ... when your feeling Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:02:43 GMT absolutravis28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/425 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/425 Hi all, I'll be hiking the Phoenix-Superior leg beginning the 17th. I'll be sure to make notes of water sources and conditions, and post them here. Due to the Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:04:37 GMT Brett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/424 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/424 Just a friendly reminder... If hiking between the Sandia Crest and Manzano Mountains, you'll want to avoid trespassing on the Isleta Indian Reservation, which Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:16 GMT Brett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/423 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/423 absolutravis28 wrote: If anyone has any other information on the storms that went through Phoenix, I'd like to hear it. Liz Mares / La Zorra who lives near PHX Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:57:25 GMT absolutravis28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/422 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/422 I see that the Fish Creek weather station is reporting over 1.5 inches of rain, which I believe is the closest weather station to the trail. Given the storms Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:01:16 GMT absolutravis28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/421 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/421 Brett, Thanks for the insight on that. While caching water would be a good learning experience, not having to would certainly make the trip much easier. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:23:22 GMT Brett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/420 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/420 Hi Travis- The Superstitions tend to hold onto precipitation surprisingly well. An inch or more of rain should linger in most of the larger drainages, first as Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:50:32 GMT absolutravis28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/419 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grand-enchantment-trail/message/419 Brett, I have been following the weather. Let's hope it happens! Though, I'm wondering how much rainfall would be needed in order for me to not have to cache