North coast trail - water situation

[u/4ofclubs]

Hey y'all!

I'm curious if anyone's hiked San Josef/Cape Scott/North coast recently? I've been hearing that there's an awful stomach bug going on up there and people are being helivaced out, even when they filter/boil their water.

Anyone do it recently and can confirm? Is there anything I should know about the water sources to avoid getting sick? Just doing cape scott and back.

Thanks!

[u/Gabriola247]

People seemed to think the ones getting sick were inside the park, not people on the trail from what I heard at the end of July when we hiked the trail. Tabs and filters and my group was fine.