Originally Posted by staehpj1

One thing folks sometimes don't consider... In places with snow melt creeks and hot weather, ice cold water from the creek can be so much nicer than hot water from your bottles.

Originally Posted by max5480

This! A hot mountain pass is so much more pleasant if you can drink from the river. That being said, I still will usually put a few drops of MSR Sweetwater drops in before I drink it.