Hiked in Thursday to beat the holiday weekend crowds. The trail was very muddy in places, but in good shape. However, some washouts under the wood/cable “ladder” let it sink to the side while climbing, making it a little extra interesting. For those without experience here, see the photos.
We camped at Scott’s Creek and understood there to be water there. While true, the creek is well up into the dense brush and feeds a swampy area that then drains to the ocean. In practice this means the water there isn’t something we were willing to even try filtering.
Given incoming tides, we hustled further down the beach toward Strawberry Point. 3/4 the way there (past the first point) we spotted a creek falling over rocks to the beach and got water there. Even after filtering that water it was still very tannin-tinged and tasted woody. We used it for coffee, but I’d suggest bringing extra water as it tastes strong enough to make you doubt your filter (neither of us got sick, but still).
Otherwise it was lovely, though the climbing in addition to the mileage was more exhausting than we anticipated.
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