Water on Frenchmans Cap track

[Uncle Jr]

Is there plenty of places to fill up on the Frenchmans Cap walk?
Does it need any treatment (Aquatabs)?
Any suggestions on how much I should carry on Day 1 would be great.
Cheers!

[icefest]

It depends on when you walk. Late summer with no rain in the month beforehand I'd probably carry a litre or so. In winter I'd carry none.

Treatment is up to you. I don't, but will avoid places where humans may have pooped upriver.

The highest risk water is near the huts.


EDIT: It depends on how much Tassie walking you have done and how happy you are drinking out of smaller rivulets. I carry very little water in general, but when it's hot and dry it's often faster to carry extra.

[wander]

You do cross several big waterways on the 1st day. Any river that needs a bridge is big. The bridges are noted on the map.

Unless the forecast is to be hot (by your own measure) a litre / person should be OK subject to review and re-fill at each waterway.

I would treat/filter any water from the lakes.

[Strider]

A Sawyer Mini is about the same price as a box of aquatabs but lasts forever.

There is a water tank at Vera Hut but I would still advise treating this.

Aside from the Franklin and Lodden rivers there is also a stream on the way from Vera to Barron Pass.

[Uncle Jr]

Do you know where I can get a Sawyer Mini in Hobart?

[icefest]

http://www.tiergear.com.au/11/diy-suppl ... on-System/
When Simon gets another batch in.

[tasmaniac]

There's also a small creek and bridge on the new section of track.