The night was dark and still with zillions of stars visible in the night sky. It was also pretty dang cold. When we awoke Sunday morning, all of our water was frozen.
There was no water anywhere.
Gidney Creek is dry.
Forbush Creek is dry.
Blue Canyon Creek is dry.
Round trip is an easy 7 miles or so on a well maintained and easy to follow trail. Cottam is about 1800 feet below Camino Cielo which means it's all uphill on the way out.
Here's a couple of pics.
Looking into Blue Canyon from the Cold Spring Trail. Cottam is located in the big meadow in the center.
Here you're looking east down Forbush Canyon just beyond Forbush Flat
Meadow at the bottom of Forbush Canyon
Tent site a Cottam Camp
Cottam Camp sits right off the trail at the junction of Blue Canyon and Forbush Canyon. In wetter years, water is flowing in the creek immediately behind the tree in the middle of this pic
Trail signage at Cottam Camp. There is a fire ring at the camp, but current fire restrictions precluded use
The camp is located on the edge of a big meadow which makes star-gazing easy
First light on Sunday. Red sky at morning...
The next generation leading the old man out of Forbush Canyon on Sunday morning
