Islip Saddle to Reed Spring 7/29/09

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:09 pm

I had a short amount of time today after checking a trailcam on Mt Williamson, and was already up in the "high country" so I decided to see what Reed Spring was all about. The trail down from Islip saddle is not as shady as I expected. It was warm and sunny, and the rocky trail is washed out in a few places - necessitating some ballet moves to cross safely. It doesn't look like this trail gets a whole lot of use, but maybe that's just because it's summer. Anyway I saw a few interesting things. This big fungus:

Some gooseberries (how are you supposed to eat these spiny things?!)

And the view to the north(east?):

The spring is flowing. Just a few shallow puddles.

Post by **HikeUp** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:42 pm

Mushroom butt.

Nice.

Is that a year round spring? I've never noticed it before on the maps.

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:07 am

Don't know - it looks like it will make it through this summer with a trickle. I bet in the spring it's really nice with snowmelt.

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:18 am

That area is really nice. Lot more animals and falls then other sections of SG's