For a further resource site, please visit Buck Nelson's site. Buck reinvigorated the spirit of the DT back in 2012 by thru-hiking it and thoroughly delving into the history and the route description on his site. He also plotted the route from Drinkwater Pass in east-central Oregon all the way up to Canada., where the DTA ran out of steam for a continuous route to Canada. His site provides the info you need for that extension.
Update: Buck-30 and his partner Heather hiked the entire length of Desert Trail in 2019. Fastidious in not only their effort, B30 put together some amazing resources and feedback for the DT. Below are the listed links for those resources on his Postholer journal. Very insightful, informative, and objective with valuable opinions where necessary. Thanks B30!
Desert Trail Route Description:
- The Forgotten Route: The Desert Trail
- Desert Trail Itinerary
- Desert Trail Map post
- Desert Reflection
Desert Trail Blog Entries:
- Borrego and Sonora Deserts
- Mojave Deserts Part 1
- Mojave Deserts Part 2
- Death Valley
- Basin and Range Part 1
- Basin and Range Part 2
- Basin and Range Part 3
- High Desert
- Butte Country and the Blues
- Scablands and Beyond
Water Resource Page:
Thanks to SheRa for the template which is the same structure as for the ODT.
- Desert Trail Water Report
- note: mileage and distance between sources will be updated soon
Resupply Resource Page:
Once again, thanks to SheRa for the template.
Once again, thanks to SheRa for the template.
Desert Trail Map Set:
I have decided against putting out a map set for three reasons:
- I am hesitant to put out a map set for a route that isn't that yet established, as well as considering my lack of upkeep in these maps.
- I do not want to take away from the Desert Trail Guidebooks set from the original forefathers of the books and the DT iteslf, especially with incurring a responsibility of payment, let alone redistribution to the authors or DTA.
- Lastly, all the most current data I had plotted and waypointed were suddenly lost as GAIA GPS did not save my updates, water points, and other pertinent info. I still have the GPS track/folder but I will not give out freely unless I know who the potential hiker is.
Dude, this is rad. Are you going to cache water or just freeball it?
ReplyDeleteI only cached water for the first 250 miles. Other than that I freeballed.
DeleteWhen you started the trail in Jacumba did you hike the railroad tracks from DeAnza Springs Resort to the S2? Or did you hike the canyon below the tracks for that first twenty something miles? I ask because the railroad started patrolling the tracks and I know that canyon is a horrible bushwhack. I was thinking about heading over the jacumba range to the s2 to start.
ReplyDeleteI walked in the Carrizo Gorge as that was the original intent of the Desert Trail. From Jacumba you can utilize S2 until the Hot Springs just north of I8. Then there's a route that traverses and dips down into the gorge, thus avoiding the tracks.
DeleteHey DM! Met you and Sprocket haulin ass up the last leg of the PCT in 16 as I was starting SB. I just followed Chance’s thru of this route and would definitely want to try this. Any beta in addition to what you have generously provided would be greatly appreciated- Drifter michaeljurasius@gmail.com
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