Re: Panamint City
Posted by crescent on January 28, 2004 at 17:17:52:
In Reply to: Panamint City posted by RangerDave on January 28, 2004 at 15:28:50:
Nice hike, lots of water along the way. There is sometimes water at the Sourdough cabin, through a pipe tht goes to a nearby spring. If there is no water at sourdough, you can usually fix the pipe just by pushing the different sections together. It is poor quality water. During winter, let the water out of the pipes or it will freeze and damage them.
There is no water at the superintendant's cabin any longer, but there is a big green tank on nearby, along a road that runs along the north side of the canyon. The green tank has water and is next to a spring.
Both cabins have beds and stoves. The superintendant's cabin (the cabin near the big smokestack) also has sleeping bags.
However, this is a popular destination, and it at a high enough altitude to get cold. You need to be prepared to not get a cabin -- either be able to hike back down, or camp out normally. If you arrive early, you will likely be able to stay in a cabin, but it is not a sure thing.
Pack your trash out -- this place seems to attract people who think the parkies are going to come in and haul out the trash. Lots of aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Most everything has been shot up, too.
Still, it is one of my favorite places to go.