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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2012: Mojave National Preserve bicycle-camping and hiking, Lanfair Valley loop / End of day 4: Piute Gorge hike to Piute Spring to filter water /

About two gallons of water filtered from Piute Spring, I hike back up the canyon to my campsite

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8249-piute-gorge.jpg I push my way through the willows and locate Piute Creek, then filter some drinking water just before darkThumbnailsI pass a few coyote melons on the way back up Piute Canyon and arrive at my campsite just before total darknessI push my way through the willows and locate Piute Creek, then filter some drinking water just before darkThumbnailsI pass a few coyote melons on the way back up Piute Canyon and arrive at my campsite just before total darknessI push my way through the willows and locate Piute Creek, then filter some drinking water just before darkThumbnailsI pass a few coyote melons on the way back up Piute Canyon and arrive at my campsite just before total darknessI push my way through the willows and locate Piute Creek, then filter some drinking water just before darkThumbnailsI pass a few coyote melons on the way back up Piute Canyon and arrive at my campsite just before total darknessI push my way through the willows and locate Piute Creek, then filter some drinking water just before darkThumbnailsI pass a few coyote melons on the way back up Piute Canyon and arrive at my campsite just before total darknessI push my way through the willows and locate Piute Creek, then filter some drinking water just before darkThumbnailsI pass a few coyote melons on the way back up Piute Canyon and arrive at my campsite just before total darkness

With the new water load on my back and 500 feet of elevation gain ahead, the climb back up the canyon at dusk is a bit slower than it was coming down. But equally scenic and perhaps even more special as sunlight disappears for the day.