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Rivito, Dean
2005
Journal
July 15
Mt. San Giorgio and Ten Thousand Foot Ridge,
San Giorgio Wilderness, San Bernardino Cty, CA
I decided to hike to the top of Mt. San Giorgio since Dr. Stollins had described rocky habitat at the top that sounded possibly suitable for salamanders. The trail had a lot of snow on it starting at about 10,000 ft. I flipped rocks and logs in the wet areas near snow patches as I climbed, but the area was very dry except right next to the snow and I didn't find anything. The habitat near the top was rocks on dirt slopes with snowfields, and looked dry and unsuitable for salamanders.
I hiked down and hiked down the Mine Shaft Flat trail, leaving my pack at the top. Along the trail there is a large spring with lots of water and a meadow next to it. The spring had lots of rocks alongside the water, and there were rocks and logs in the meadow. Vegetation consisted of grass, willow, stinging nettle, and some bushes. sp?
I looked in this area for a little over half an hour but found nothing (34.10342 N, 116.80919 W [WGS84, 9macc], 2894m elev). This area could potentially have salamanders, since it is at least wet enough. I saw two bighorn sheep on the southern slope above the creek, a little (~500m) to the east of the spring at 5PM. They were just slightly to the east of the second spring that appears on the topo map. Rather than walking to the North Fork Meadow, I crossed the