Little Jimmy Springs

Dudley Heinsbergen · Post by **Dudley Heinsbergen** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:22 pm

might go up to little jimmy and mt Islip on friday.

is there water there right now?

has anyone been up there in the past few weeks?

were exactly is the spring? ive only been there when there's snowpack...

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:03 pm

Little Jimmy Spring is as reliable as the rock of Gibralter. To find the spring, go about 5 or 10 minutes east on the PCT past the camp and look for a side trail going down to the left. I can't remember if the side trail is signed or not, but it's very well used and not hard to find. The water is flowing out of a pipe directly out of the side of the mountain.

Note: There have been a lot of cars broken into lately among those who park overnight at Islip Saddle.

JMunaretto · Post by **JMunaretto** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:19 pm

Trail isn't signed, but hard to miss.

brian90620 · Post by **brian90620** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:34 am

Little Jimmy spring is flowing very well as of 10/05 8) . I filtered two liters of water there very quickly, while on my way to Windy gap and Mount Islip on Sunday. Sorry I couldn't get any pics though, since my gf left the camera at home

Richard N. · Post by **Richard N.** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:37 pm

The day Little Jimmy Spring dries out, will be the day these mountains die. For 40 years I have never seen it dry. It even flows during the winter. Filtering the water??? You have to be kidding. Not this hiker. This water is GOLD!!!

JDB22 · Post by **JDB22** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:03 am

Im not particularly familiar if the spring at Little Jimmy Trail Camp dries up or not in the Summer? Do any of the kind members here know if that fine pipe & trough has water as of mid August?

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:02 am

I'm afraid, I'm going to have to defer to local subject matter expert, Hikin' Joyce, on this one.

Joyce says, "Water! Splash, splash! Water!" (translation: "water all year, bro; yer good to go")

Photo of Joyce gathering data about a week and a half ago:

HJ

JDB22 · Post by **JDB22** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:39 pm

Cheers once again to you HJ. Coming through with the all important knowledge. Little Jimmy is a back-up plan just in case the heat & other conditions for Plan A don't come through.

Thanks again!

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:04 pm

Hey, don't thank me; thank my water quality consultant.

HJ

wiggingout · Post by **wiggingout** » Mon May 19, 2014 7:43 am

Anyone been up to Little Jimmy Springs the last week or two? How is the water situation, planning to head up this weekend for an overnight. Thanks!

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:36 am

Little Jimmy is very reliable. I have never seen it go dry since 1981. Who knows with this drought

Teejate · Post by **Teejate** » Mon May 19, 2014 5:41 pm

It was fine as of a week ago.
Like Matt said, I've never known it to be dry.

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Mon May 26, 2014 8:27 am

You probably already know by now wigginout, but Little Jimmy Springs is flowing fine. Filled up there yesterday. If you went up this weekend, looks like you had lots of company at Little Jimmy camp.

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:32 pm

A perennial topic i'm sure, but anyone know if water is following at little jimmy springs?

On a similar note, any suggestions for a one night backpack this weekend, where theres the chance to fill up on water and bag a decent sized peak?

Many thanks

Josh

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:42 pm

Little Jimmy is extremely reliable and I haven't heard of any reports of it going dry. I'd say it's flowing. Windy Spring and Lilly spring which are nearby are both duds. Save your time.

Stay at Little Jimmy. You can easily bag Islip, Hawkins, or Throop from there. If you want more miles, you can hike to Baden-Powell and back, bagging Hawkins, Throop, and Burnham en route. If you like off trail, you can do Copter Ridge.

HJ

Post by **HikeUp** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:32 pm

7/21/14 update (last picture in first post)...

https://eispiraten.com/viewtopic.php?t=5933

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:22 am

Thanks for the great advice as always. I think i got my springs confused! Such an amateur! I was thinking of the spring along icehouse canyon trail (is that Columbine?) Does anyone know if that is still flowing?
Never-the-less knowing they'll be water at Little Jimmy springs is useful and gives me options.
Thanks!

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:39 pm

Columbine Spgs is also pretty reliable. I haven't heard of it going dry. Kelly Camp? Dry.

HJ

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:57 pm

Columbine Spring is flowing as of last Saturday, but the rate is lower than in previous years. Another dry winter and who knows about next year.

Slowest_Hiker · Post by **Slowest_Hiker** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:49 pm

Plentiful, delicious and COLD!

The secondary pipe that you pass on the way in from the campground is dry.

hillbasher · Post by **hillbasher** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:51 pm

Was hoping someone would be able to say if the spring is still running or not, and when the last time they verified that. Thanks for any input, Bill

shreddy · Post by **shreddy** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:39 pm

While I haven't been up there in awhile my understasting is that it is flowing fine. Saw a report by a trail running group that it's flowing.

shreddy · Post by **shreddy** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:05 pm

Post I saw was from two weeks ago

hillbasher · Post by **hillbasher** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:42 pm

The spring at Little Jimmy was flowing fine. Filled a one quart bottle in 12.86 seconds. Nice and cold also.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:42 am

hillbasher wrote: ↑Filled a one quart bottle in 12.86 seconds.

You sure it wasn't 13.01 seconds? Let's not exaggerate here. If I bring a Nalgene up this weekend, I expect sub 13 second fill times!

HJ

hillbasher · Post by **hillbasher** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:00 am

Actually Jim, it might have been 12.85 seconds, as I felt a little slow on the timing. LOL

dbryner · Post by **dbryner** » Wed May 18, 2016 8:06 am

Hello, planning a backpack to Little Jimmy Trail Camp. Anyone know if water is currently flowing in Little Jimmy Spring?
Thanks.

Slowest_Hiker · Post by **Slowest_Hiker** » Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:03 pm

The half-keg vessel that was under the spring pipe for the last 8 years or so (see post #7) is gone as of 8 July. I thought it was kind of cute. Water still plentiful as of that time.

tallsquirrel · Post by **tallsquirrel** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:40 pm

Anyone seen the spring @ Little Jimmy lately? I wanna take my kid up there next month.

mangus7175 · Post by **mangus7175** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:37 am

Yeah...it's flowing as always.