Is there a decent mileage chart indicating water sources and distances between water sources for the JMT?
Ed
Water Sources - Distances
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There are too many to chart. The only places where there isn’t water every couple of miles are:
At the north end, between Little Yosemite Valley and Sunrise Creek…something like 4 or 5 miles
Coming out of Red’s Meadow, between Deer Creek and Duck Creek (something like 8 miles)
Coming out of VVR going up Bear Ridge (maybe 5 miles?)
and climbing Whitney from the tarn above Guitar Lake.
You’d have to try pretty hard to run into trouble with a water shortage. I would just take 2 liter bottles, and not bother filling the 2nd one except at those 4 places i mentioned, or at your first evening water source if you’re planning on dry camping further on.
markv