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Re: Philomena Spring in the S.F. Peaks

Postby Jim_H » Aug 07 2011 10:14 am

I thought I put that info in this thread last night, but I saw this morning that I put it into the hiking thread. I didn't include lat-long coordinates in the report. Using the aerial image, it is actually a little higher than the contour on the USGS map, maybe 11,700'. This mapping error comes as no surprise, Fremont and Doyle Saddles are switched on the USGS map, and 11,600' appears twice as a contour interval.
I think Monsoon season will begin around June 20, plus or minus 5 days, not by the calendar according to the NWS, but when dew points rise dramatically, and it begins to rain over the Sacramento Mountains. It will start about 10 days later in Arizona.
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Re: Philomena Spring in the S.F. Peaks

Postby Paintninaz » Aug 07 2011 6:01 pm

Jim_H wrote:Found Philomena with great ease, mostly aided by the metal pipe leading nearly to it. The spring is mapped in the wrong area. It is actually one basin south at:
35.345931, -111.683774

Satellite imagery isn't working so I had to use aerial photos. They're not as good, so this is about as accurate as I could get it to be.

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I did Humphrey on the 23rd via the trail and saw several adult men, a boy, and at least one dog coming up from a basin which at the time didn't make a lot of sense, but now I know they had gone to Philomena. I didn't give them much thought until yesterday. Interestingly, if they followed the maps and that news paper article, they were headed for what they probably thought was Humphrey, but ended up being the last false summit.


Glad you found it! Was it still running?

I don't know if the group you saw on the 23rd was coming from the spring or not, the 2 gals I know that went there never mentioned seeing anyone else along the trail, but they went up from the Hart Prairie side (and went one drainage too far and had to backtrack to find the pipe) so it may just be they weren't on the same path as everyone else might be.
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Re: Philomena Spring in the S.F. Peaks

Postby Jim_H » Aug 07 2011 8:24 pm

Yes, and it was all males, so not the same people.
I think Monsoon season will begin around June 20, plus or minus 5 days, not by the calendar according to the NWS, but when dew points rise dramatically, and it begins to rain over the Sacramento Mountains. It will start about 10 days later in Arizona.
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Re: Philomena Spring in the S.F. Peaks

Postby Jim_H » Jul 15 2012 7:47 am

Anyone thinking of visiting the spring? I'm curious about the flow, since the rain has come.
I think Monsoon season will begin around June 20, plus or minus 5 days, not by the calendar according to the NWS, but when dew points rise dramatically, and it begins to rain over the Sacramento Mountains. It will start about 10 days later in Arizona.
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Re: Philomena Spring in the S.F. Peaks

Postby Jim_H » May 21 2013 8:21 am

Bump. Anyone considering a visit? I bet flow is great right now, though cold. Should you travel above the spring, be careful of the tundra veg.
I think Monsoon season will begin around June 20, plus or minus 5 days, not by the calendar according to the NWS, but when dew points rise dramatically, and it begins to rain over the Sacramento Mountains. It will start about 10 days later in Arizona.
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