Hi folks. Wondering if any of you, in the infinite wisdom found herein, know about the dependability of the water from the spring at Guyot? I read a tr on NETrailConditions and the OP mentioned that he thought the spring would soon run dry.

Asking b/c Cathie and I are planning to accompany another friend on her Bonds traverse and that would be our plan A for the overnight.

Ideas where I might find this info fer shur?

Thanks friends.

The spring never is, never was large, but it is very reliable afaik. They don't put those shelters at unreliable water sources, especially not anymore, and if Guyot was prone to running dry I would think we'd have heard about it! I stayed there at roughly this same time of year during a hot dry summer once and the water source was flowing fine and cold enough to almost freeze our filter!

I assume you are talking about the report from last Friday. Since that person apparently wasn't aware of the very-well-known herd path bypass of the first 2 crossings on the North Twin Trail, I'm not sure I would rely on them to tell the reliability of a spring, especially since they've never been there before.

Yeah. Thanks Matt. That's what I thought too but I figured it was worth the asking. Cathie and I stayed there in August a few years back but I do not recall the weather pattern that had preceded our stay.

I wondered if b/c it was a thin stream he thought it was waning....I also chuckled at the herd crossing comment but I'm trying to be more open minded w/the influx of new hikers to the Whites...that bypass is only about what? Three years old?

Back to your original question, I have been there multiple times in late July/ early August and the spring was always running strong. Happy hiking.

What Matt said.

I've never heard of it running dry. In general I haven't seen too many springs that actually pour like a faucet. Trickles are the norm in my experience. Not sure exactly what that guy was expecting.