My permit is for starting at Crescent meadows on July 15 & here is my rough itinerary:
Day 1: 11 miles up to Bearpaw Meadow
Day 2: 11 miles up to the Patrol cabin
Day 3: 8 m up to Morraine Lake
Day 4: 7 m to Kern Hot Springs
Day 5: 8 m to Junction Meadow
Day 6: 8.5 m to Crab tree meadow
Day 7: 7m to the Hut on MW
Day 8: 10m to WP
This is the plan suggested in the Winnett and Morey book which seems to be reasonable for my abilities. Question is, with the current drought conditions, are there any streams / Lakes during the first 4 days on which I can depend on mid day water supply? I looked thru google maps carefully but most of the streams seemed to be dry (the maps are from August of 2012). So any advice from recent hikes in this area? Thanks in advance
