Mar 20 - Boulder had some water oozing over rocks in the main canyon up from the trail crossing 5 min. Found the spring in the east arm, the water there also oozed so it took a while to get it into a container to filter. There is a large sign in Cremation denoting the beginning of dayuse only area. ...

hi, i didn't see your speedy reply until i was posting again. thank you very much. you gave good info. appreciated.

I got in touch with Backcountry ranger office (not the easiest thing to do) and they said as of march 8 there is water in grapevine and lonetree but not boulder. posting this just in case someone else wants to know.

Since it's been a dry year, i was wondering if anyone has hiked this recently and could tell me about water. Especially in Grapevine, Boulder, and Lone Tree. It would be much appreciated.

Palm Canyon is fun to see but if you try going up the main canyon, you'll want a rope for the last section. I've car camped there twice (didn't want to backpack in all my water since it's a dry range). I drove in on the road north of palm canyon, through a wash. Camped in the middle of the wash as t...

Oops, I was refering to Dripping Springs in the Superstitions. I spaced that there is more than one dripping springs (guess in the desert, you'd expect there to be a few with that name)

In response to DesertDirtDog's reply:
Thanks DesertDirtDog - that's helpful info. Sounds like we should be ok as long as not too many thirsty hikers pass through in the next couple of weeks.

Has anyone been to Dripping Springs lately? Is there any water?
I had been there earlier this year and there was plenty of water but I don't know about the autumn and am planning a backpack there in 2 weeks.
Thanks.
Lisa