Originally Posted by Brad
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
MT has it, too, lots of it. You just haven't drank from the right creek yet. Getting it when you're 5 miles back in the mountains is something you really won't want to do twice. It's not in every creek or spring but how do you tell whether its in THIS creek? You're playing intestinal roulette.


BS. You just have to be smart where you drink. Giardia is one of the most overblown fears out there. We're not drinking from low lying ag streams, we're drinking the finest water on the planet from mountain streams.

That's been my experience as well living in Idaho and your area. I'd never drink the lower stuff in canyons and valleys but high up in the springs I drink up and have never come to regret it.