hoity dea 2005 Journal Lake Ledge, Mammoth Lakes Basin, Inyo National Forest, Mono Co., CA June 29 I hiked out from Convict Creek and drove to Lake Ledge in the Mammoth Lakes Basin, where Nance Mredenberg had heard that a climber saw a Hydromantes. I hiked from the Lake Ledge campground around to the west side of the lake and then followed a stream up the slope. There were large snowfields. I looked along the stream and then walked over to some seeps on a large granite wall about 100m W of the lake and 50m above the lake surface. There was a trickle of water flowing like a waterfall down into the seep. There was no vegetation beside moss and a few small plants, but the area had lodgepole pine and juniper in addition to streamside shrubs. I flipped rocks on the right side of the seep against the granite wall, and found 4 juvenile H. platycephalus. I kept the largest one (SMR32) (37.59833°N,119.01627°W [WGS84;20m acc],2697 meters). I didn't find any adults although I checked the entire seep. There were a few other seeps relatively nearby that I could see, but I didn't have time to look at them. I found the salamander at 11AM.