Re: [Philmont] - Hunting Lodge Water

We passed through Hunting Lodge on August 4. Some of
the guys complained about the sulfur taste in the
water, but I personally did not notice it. I may be
biased, though, in that my home well water has a
sulfur odor to it. But I drank the Hunting Lodge water
and it tasted fine.

We took Polar Pure, but we used an MSR MiniWorks
filter during the relatively few times we had to
refill at a trail camp. We were always able to find
clear, flowing water along Trek 12 in the South and
Central country. That uses a ceramic filter that can
be field-cleaned with a squegee device, which we did a
few times. Overall, we didn't spend too much time
filtering.

Other than that, we used the purified water at most
staffed camps.

Matt Cole
Lead Advisor
2004 Crew 727N
Troop 32, Bedington, WV

--- JS1864@aol.com wrote:

>
> We passed through Hunting Lodge on the way to
> Webster Parks (trek 4) and the
> water from the pump in front of the lodge had a very
> strong sulfur smell and
> taste. It wasn't as tasty as advertised, but I
> drank about 3 liters of it
> (just imagine someone burning match heads as you
> drink your water) and did not
> need to be purified. I can see how some may feel it
> was unpalatable. We
> left our pump in base camp and went strictly polar
> pure. We really got used to
> any taste and I would advise using this method
> again. And be aware that what
> they tell you in base camp may change on the trail.
> When we hit Cyphers,
> their piping was busted and there was no purified
> water.
> BTW - first time to Philmont this year and I want to
> thank this list for a
> ton of great advice.
>
> Joe Simonis
> ASM Troop 6
> West Chester, PA
> 715-D2
>
> In a message dated 9/7/2004 10:14:57 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> dburke066@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> We camped at Hunting Lodge in 2001, yes there is a
> creek that runs through
> near the camping area, however we also used the pump
> near the lodge, and not
> the creek. We also passed through there in 2003, and
> once again used the same
> pump. We had no problems with the water either time.
> If I remember correctly
> the water there tasted pretty good. But maybe things
> have changed since we
> were last there.
>
> Danny Burke
> Troop 50 "Thunderbirds"
> 717 R2 Trek 20 2001
> 720 C4 Trek 5 2003
> 717 A TBD 2005
>
> Troop 764 <troop764@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Joe Tavares wrote:
>
> "Word of warning: The "advertising" about
> great-tasting, sweet, delicious,
> etc. water at Hunting Lodge is, well, just say
> truth in advertising does not
> exist there. Don't drink that water (even though it
> is purified)! The
> sulfur taste is so extreme it is practically
> undrinkable. If you are going
> through that camp, treat it as a dry camp and only
> drink that stuff as a
> last resort! You could smell the water a mile away
> and no amount of
> Gatorade could cover it up."
>
> I've been through Hunting Lodge twice (1998 and
> 2004) and the water
> was fine both times. Did anyone else have Joe's
> experience? The pump I
> used was the one out the front door of the Lodge to
> the left about 100
> feet. I've never camped at HL. Is there a water
> source in the tenting area
> that's not so good?
>
> Earl Owens
> http://www.troop764.org/Philmont/
>
>
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Received on Wed Sep 8 19:38:10 2004