AZT thru biking daily water basis

[maettu99]

Hi,
My name is Mat and I'm from Switzerland.
We are two friends who like to do the whole Arizona Trail by bike. We will start the whole AZT trip from north to south on 9-27 at stateline campground heading south.

My question now is aimed at experienced bikers on the AZT. As we all know water management is important on the AZT. There is the water sources page who describes the water situation. This will help us to add more or less water to our base water setup. And this would lead me to my question. How much liters of water would you take as base setup to work with? Or what is your minimum of water you would start to a segment? I know this is personal and may change. But with your personal experience I can see in which direction it goes...

We would be able to carrying a maximum of 6 litres each. But this is a huge load...

I hope, you guys can give me a hint...

Thanks a lot and regards
mat

[AZTtripper]

Have the capacity for 6 liters there will be a few times when you need it all. You can always carry less.

Tim