[Philmont]: Enough water?

We will be at Philmont in July (721-B2). We had a shake down hike this past
weekend, hiking 11 miles Saturday and 5 on Sunday. We practiced cooking
methods that we might use at Philmont, bear bag prep, dining fly set up, and
simulated lack of water, ( only refilling our containers 1 time even though we had
2-3 other opportunities at the park). I'm concerned about the water
situation. We do not plan on bringing water filters. We will only be using Polar
Pure, possibly coffee filters or bandanas if silt is an issue. However we will be
on trek #5. From what I gather from previous threads, the hike from
Cimarroncito to Tooth Ridge is long, tough and water is sometimes lacking. We are not
going to carry 2-3 gallon jugs at 8lbs / gallon. The boys are pretty set on
that. The water supply from our bottles once we arrived at our camp site on
Saturday was marginal, considering we had another 5 miler on Sunday. Since we
will not be carrying a large jug of water to the dry camps, what might be
recommended for the crew to carry individually? I'm thinking 4 quarts/ liters per
person is not too much, but is it enough? Looking for some experienced feed
back.

Bob S. Indy,
Philmont '74, and soon to be '04

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Received on Wed May 26 15:36:27 2004