Islip Saddle to Little Jimmy Camp

calicokid · Post by **calicokid** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:08 pm

Went to check out little jimmy camp ground early morning today. It was a little breezy in early morning. Thin crust ice cover but metling fast at the sun rise. About a foot of snow on the trail to the camp. At camp there were place with more than 2 feet of snow on north face slope. Nice day on the snow(or what left)

Here is some pictures:

On the trail

Tis looks eerie

Looking to the dessert north

And ofcourse the sign

brian90620 · Post by **brian90620** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:42 pm

Nice trip report and pics 8) , and thanks for letting us know the current conditions up to the camp. It sucks that the snow is melting so fast, my gf and I plan to go snow camping at Little Jimmy as soon as some new snow falls so we can try snowshoeing up there. Actually I should say "If some new snow falls!!!!", you never know with these extreme drought conditions that seem to never end..........

Dudley Heinsbergen · Post by **Dudley Heinsbergen** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:47 am

i heard scientist moved the summer solstice up to january this year.....

it needs to znow!

EnFuego · Post by **EnFuego** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:15 pm

I think it has something to do with the 26 degree shift in the earth's axis.

Rumpled · Post by **Rumpled** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:26 am

calicokid wrote:
Tis looks eerie

Call me stupid, but what are those things?
BBQ's?

calicokid · Post by **calicokid** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:08 pm

Rumple!
I believe those are the wood-burning stoves as I saw at Little Jimmy trail camp and Hogee camp grounds. They must be popular in the old days of camping. I would try to use it next time if I camp there. Perhaps, if it is permit.

calicokid · Post by **calicokid** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:00 pm

DamOTclese wrote:What was the condition of the trails that you hiked on? Were there trees down across the trail or rock/dirt slides that you had to go around? (Photographs and GPS coordinates of trail problems would be neat!)

The condition of the trails to the camp were mostly snow covered with a few spots of mud and dirt; the trail is in excellent shape. I only saw one set of snowshoe track and my boot/crampon track on the second half of the trail leading to camp.