To, 2005 Journal Smith Lake, Resolution Wilderness, El Dorado National Forest, El Dorado Co., CA July 24 I drove from Mariposa to the Wright Lakes Basin and parked at the Junin Lakes trailhead. I walked on the trail for about 3 miles to Smith Lake. I climbed up the slope on the south side of the lake and walked on the ridge at the southeast end of the lake. There was still quite a lot of snow at this end of the lake, with significant seepage. I deployed data logger #873955 at 5:20 PM under a large rock with an opening facing west, where it should be protected from snow and rain but may get a little afternoon sun. It was damp under the rock in the device (but without flowing water). Above the logger there was a wide area of bare rock with water seeping over it, and streams of water flowed down to the lake from the snow on the ridge through the rocks and boulders. Some areas were mossy or had a little grass closer to the lake, but the only trees were some sikes and hemlocks on the north and west sides of the lake, away from the seeps. I found three adult H. platycephalus under mossy rocks in the seeps in the vicinity of the data logger and below it towards the lake (coordinates of data logger: 38.85672 N, 120.18557 W [WGS84, 5 meter], 2733 meter). The salamanders were a steely grey color, similar to the adult we collected from Sierra Buttes. I climbed up the ridge on the southeast side of the lake and saw a lot