@Hikealong I'm afraid we ended up just camping at Lost Dutchman State Park and then doing a day hike along Bluff Spring trail and then a ways up the Terrapin trail. My boyfriend started a migraine cycle the week before the planned trip and didn't want to risk getting too sick to hike more than a da...

Definitely don't want to be totally miserable! I am thinking we will schlepp enough water that we can make a dry camp at Bluff Spring if there is no water there and if we don't feel up to making it to LaBarge, and then play it by ear based on how far in we get on that first day.

Thank you!

@nonot No, LaBarge spring is along the route I was thinking of -- we were thinking of going up the Bluff Spring trail from the trailhead to the Dutchman's trail and then north from there around Bluff Spring mountain past the LaBarge and Charliebois springs, then down the Terrapin trail. I am thinki...

Here's the situation: In mid-March my boyfriend and I planned to do a 2-night backpacking trip from Canyon Lake, down Boulder Canyon Trail, and then down past Weaver's Needle. We're regular hikers (although not what I'd call really strong hikers) and beginning backpackers. Boulder Canyon trail turne...