J D Anderson 1958 journal June 25 Albany to Elbert Pass, Alpine Co., Calif. Left home at 4:45 am. Drove south on eastshore freeway to get US 50. On 50 to Stockton & then back Rt 4. Arrived at Big Meadow, 6500ft Calaveras Co. at 9 am. Worked the snow pond where I had found Ambystoma macrodactylum larvae in past years. Saw nothing in pond but minutebrates + small tadpoles - Hyla (?). Turned logs in vicinity until about 10:30 am with no luck. Sky clear, warm day. No snow here + very little moisture except near pond & streams. Decided to try hunting at higher elevations. Drove up Rt 4 past Lake Alpine to Pacific Slope Summit 8050 ft. At about 7000 ft there were scattered patches of snow. 7500 ft snow extensive in shaded areas. 8000 ft much snow everywhere. The lakes at the summit - called Mosquito lake by a forest service worker, but unnamed on topo sheets - were still iced in. Very little open water present & thus no fisherman as yet. About 150 yds N of the road there are two snow ponds in the woods. One is almost completely melted + free of snow, the other is just about filled but is half covered with snow + solid ice. Found Ambystoma active in both of these ponds. In first pond (see up. account for description) 14 were collected. Eggs were in abundance. Snow reached edge of this pond only at one point about 6 ft long about 10 yds long. The second pond lies 52 yds due