Dripping Springs is an area where water seeps out of the rim in a few spots along the Pine Canyon Trail. It's about a 4 mile round trip from the Pine Trail Head.

Here is the steepest part of the trail about a quarter mile in length and in the sun. Most of my water was consumed during this stretch of the trail.

Here is the view looking towards Payson from the top of the steep part of the trail.

Once the trail levels off there is a spot where hunters have tapped into the side of the mountain with PVC tubing. It's used to feed a small watering hole for animals.

Here is a close up of the PVC tubing.

Here is a shot of the watering hole and the hunter's blind in the background. You can harvest game next to a watering hole but you cannot camp overnight next to one. Once the sun goes down the watering hole belongs to the animals.

Further on up the trail is the official Dripping Springs watering hole. There is a sign off to one side of the trail.

There's the spring in the middle of the trail.

Here is a wider shot of the spring and trail. It's not much but in the middle of a high mountain desert it is welcome relief if you are running low on water.

On this days hike I went a little further up the trail to the Good Enough Trail to Wild Bill Springs.

About a month later in the spring, I went back up to test out my new water filter. There is more water in the hole and some hikers have placed a log next to the spring so they wouldn"t get their feet wet.

Water filter shot.

As you can see the water is clear and it was running over the downhill side. You could probably drink strait from the hole but I suggest a filter or water treatment tabs.