Water at Cedar Glen? (Icehouse Canyon area)

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:32 pm

Anyone know if the water at Cedar Glen is still running? Cedar Glen is the trail camp that you come to if you take the Chapman trail instead of the main trail up Icehouse Canyon.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:38 pm

There's a little stream running across the trail just below Cedar Glen if that's what you're talking about.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:41 pm

simonov wrote:There's a little stream running across the trail just below Cedar Glen if that's what you're talking about.

Yep, that's the one. How well was it flowing? Enough to filter from?

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:04 pm

Hikin_Jim wrote:
simonov wrote:There's a little stream running across the trail just below Cedar Glen if that's what you're talking about.
Yep, that's the one. How well was it flowing? Enough to filter from?

Yes, plenty two weeks ago.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:32 pm

Great. Thank you, Simonov.

taktical · Post by **taktical** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:36 pm

Can anyone provide me the conditions of the Icehouse Canyon Trail and of Cedar Glen Campground? I'm guessing it's free of snow but wanted to see if anyone has been up that way recently. Also, is the stream right below Cedar Glen flowing? Any info would be helpful. Thanks.

lik2hik · Post by **lik2hik** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:49 pm

Went through There today (4/3) and the trail is free of snow from the trailhead all the way to the camp. The stream is flowing with plenty of water. Nobody was up there today.
There are some remaining snow patches along the trail past the camp, between the camp and the upper junction with Icehouse Canyon Trail.

taktical · Post by **taktical** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:20 pm

Thanks for the info!

Gozerian138 · Post by **Gozerian138** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 6:33 pm

Uhh, anybody had a chance to get to Cedar Glen trail camp up Icehouse Canyon in the past week or so? Any chance that the spring just below the camp is still running? I have not been up there in a long time and I do not know how early in the season this one usually dries up. Thanks!

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:58 am

I was there a couple of months ago, and the creek below Cedar Glen was running well, but I haven't been since then. Things are actually running well and some creeks that I didn't expect to be running were in fact running when I was out two weekends ago. I expect the rains we've been getting lately have something to do with that.

Can't be any more specific than that, but hopefully someone else will chime in.

HJ

Post by **JeffH** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:41 pm

I was there on Saturday morning - plenty of water to fill bottles if you're pumping or don't mind sticking a bottle into a little pool (I don't mind). If you want to actually see some flow you might have to push back a few berry bushes but there is a good supply.

Gozerian138 · Post by **Gozerian138** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:54 pm

Excellent! Yeah a clear pool of water coming directly from a mountain spring, I'll risk it and drink the water directly. Thanks for the feedback Jeff and HJ!! Now, if only there were a 3 day weekend coming up...

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:56 pm

Let us know if you get giardia.

HJ

Post by **JeffH** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:11 pm

Hikin_Jim wrote: ↑Let us know if you get giardia.

HJ

I've been drinking this water for about 40 years with no ill effects. Well, I guess that depends on who you ask....

My general rule is if it's coming straight out of the mountain it's probably OK.
A pond like at Trail Camp on Whitney? Definitely filter or get some from the switchbacks spring.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:26 pm

I was just giving Gozerian a hard time. I drink "wild" water all the time. I'm just selective about where I do it.

HJ

Gozerian138 · Post by **Gozerian138** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:35 pm

Hahaha!! I'll be a test subject and let you know the results in a couple weeks

taktical · Post by **taktical** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:20 am

Any recent report on the water flow at the creek below Cedar Glen camp in Icehouse Canyon would be greatly appreciated. Much thanks!
Tak

mangus7175 · Post by **mangus7175** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:15 pm

Last time I was there on 6/30, water was flowing well. I'm someone who has been there more recently will chime in.

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:27 am

There is still water at the creek crossing just before entering Cedar Glen. It is not a lot, but it is adequate.

Cedar Glen is a real beauty spot.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:06 pm

Nice. Thanks for the update.

HJ

bossvoss · Post by **bossvoss** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:56 pm

I am planning a trip to Cedar Glen in early August. Is the water at Cedar Glen reliable even in a drought year?

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:05 pm

We were in Cedar Glen last November 9. The creek just before the campground had barely enough water then. Here is a picture. This August is anybody's guess.

andthewalrus · Post by **andthewalrus** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:07 pm

Still trickling as of this past Saturday. I think it was dry in late summer last year. Guessing it will be by this August too, but I'll try to remember to keep an eye out. Also, campground was surprisingly busy this weekend. 7 or 8 tents.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:12 pm

Cedar Glen is trickling. Not too much water at the top pool but a bit on the bottom.

Post by **Sean** » Wed Jun 22, 2022 5:41 am

Weak flow per Jeff's TR.

Post by **JeffH** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:31 pm