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| no partners | | Backpacked the East Cabin Loop (Barbershop/U-Bar/Houston Bros) over the weekend, starting at the intersection of FS139 and the Barbershop Trail and taking the loop counter-clockwise. Total distance for the loop was 16-17 miles and we did it in a leisurely 3 days/2 nights. Camped at Dane Spring on Friday night and at Aspen Spring on Saturday. There was plenty of water at Dane Spring with a steady flow coming out of the pipe. Aspen Spring was also flowing fine, but the shallow water level of the stream meant you needed to go down stream a little (to just beyond Aspen Cabin) to collect out of one of the larger pools. Around the loop, there was water at Barbershop Spring, Dane Spring, Barbershop Canyon Stream, Pinchot Spring, Aspen Spring, McFarland Spring (low flow), and Houston Draw Head.
While temps were 100+ in the Valley, the Cabin Loop remained hospitable throughout the weekend. High temperatures were around 80 all 3 days, making it warm in the sun, but since the loop is 80% in the shade, it wasn't a big deal. Overnight lows were in the low 50's. Overall, the loop was wonderful and not terribly crowded. We only saw 3 other people on Friday (at Dane Spring) and zero on Sunday. As you might expect, Saturday was the busiest where we crossed paths with a dozen or so people, but it still wasn't bad. We had one other camper at Dane Springs on Friday night and one other group of 5 at Aspen Spring on Saturday night. |
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| | | A moderate flow out of the spring, but it's difficult to collect near the source since the stream's only about 1 inch deep. Downstream a little from the Aspen Cabin was a pool big enough to fill a collapsable bucket (although it was a bit cloudy). |
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Barbershop canyon creek |
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| | | Some nice pools in the creek bed with light flow. One of the more gorgeous campsites was nearby. |
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Barbershop Spring |
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| | | Hard to say what the flow rate was, but there were a few large pools to filter from and a nice campsite (or 2) nearby. |
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Dane Spring |
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| | | A nice steady flow coming out of the pipe right next to the U-Bar Trail. |
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Houston Draw Head |
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| | | A nice big pool by the source with a flow down the drainage for about 100 yards. |
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McFarland Spring |
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| | | The spring is lightly flowing, but there's only a few places where it would be deep enough to collect water for filtering. |
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Pinchot Spring |
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| | | Some decent pools near the spring and flow all the way from the spring down to the Pinchot Cabin. | | _____________________
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