Was there any water near the cabin when you stayed there? We're debating staying near the cabin. Thanks all for the info.

Thanks for the info. How do you get to the Ballantine cabin from the main trail? We might want to do a side trip while we're out there.

Also, what is there to see at the cabin? I assume it's just ruins.

My wife and I are going backpacking for the first time. We were thinking of going along Cave Creek, but it sounds like the storms messed that area up pretty good. So we thought we'd go in on the Ballantine from the trailhead off Highway 87 for 4-5 miles, around the Rock Creek area, overnight, and th...