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Looking over to the Clark Mountain Range from the Cima Road bridge over I-15, I try to discern the location of Pachalka Spring

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I haven't been to Pachalka Spring before, but it should be at the base of one the mountains in the distance. The woman working at the Kelso Depot visitor centre last week didn't know if Pachalka Spring would have water or not.