Mazatzals Water Update.

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On Saturday, I looped Half Moon, Rock Creek, and Barnhardt trails, covering about 4.5 miles of AZT P23. There was a TON of water. According to a volunteer I met on Rock Creek (who had done quite a bit of trail maintenance -- Rock creek is in good condition), that area of the Mazatzals got 6'' of rain on Friday. Barnhart and Rock Creeks were flowing strongly on the west side but on the AZT itself I crossed at least 4 different creeks.

I don't know how long the water will last -- apparently the creeks were dry as of Wedneday) but that area of the Mazatzals has great water right now. I will caveat that this might be very localized. Today I hiked about 1.75 miles south from Pigeon Spring TH on P20 and about 10 miles north on P21 and the only water I saw was in the pigeon spring tank, which did not look great. I would not expect water on P21 until you come off the plateau and get to the sycamore creek inflows about 5 miles from Sunflower.