Cogswell 1950 "journal" 5 Cowgill Meadow, 6900-7000 ft., W of Sugar Bowl Lodge (across creek from it), approx. 7/8 mi. S, 1/2-1 1/4 mi. W Donner Pass, Placer Co., Calif. -- in & adjacent to SW portion of Sec. 20 (Sec. 19 missing), T 17 N,R 15 E VEG. TYPES: wet ground (very wet early in season) bearing riparian thickets (Salix of 2 sp., Alnus tenu- ifolia, the latter only near permanent streams); bog- gy areas with few or scattered willows have very lush herb growth (Delphinium sp., Aconitum columbianum, Lupinus sp., Dodecatheon sp., Pentstemon sp. & Mimulus 2 sp., etc.); drier hummocks are mostly succeeding to patches of conifer forest (Abies magnifica, followed by Pinus murrayana); a few adjacent drier slopes (?? cleared ?) are merely narrow bands of [illegible] between conifer forest (see Disney & Crow's Nest peaks) and willow thickets. VISITS: June 17, 19 (twice), 23, 24, 26 (twice); July 1, 3 (twice), 7, 13, 17 (twice), 25, 27, 31 (twice Aug. 2, 3, 8, 14 (twice). Besides which certain notes in regard to the extreme E. end of the meadow may be entered under Sugar Bowl Lodge & vicinity. Crow's Nest Peak, N. base of, 7000-7200 (peak is marked 7900 ft. on Truckee quad. USGS map, 1932), just S & SW of Cowgill Meadow (q.v.), Placer Co., Calif. -- summit of the peak is in Sec. 36, R 14 E, T 17 N. VEG. TYPES: coniferous forest, moderately dense to dense (Abies magnifica, Pinus monticola, Pinus mur- rayana, with scattered few Tsuga mertensiana, which forms almost solid stand on higher slopes just NE of peak); riparian thickets (Alnus tenuifolia) form nar- now bands of shrub vegetation in the steep draws, the largest single thicket being between Crow's Nest & Disney Peaks; understory of conifer forest similar to that near Sugar Bowl Lodge (q.v.). VISITS: June 20, 22, 23, 24; July 7, 25. On Aug.10 in company of F.A.Pitelka & several Audubon campers, I hiked from the lodge up the N. slope of the peak to the summit, thence along the ridge to Ice Lakes Camp Ground (q.v.). Daggett Pass -- see p. 3a. Disney Peak, N. base of, 7000-7500 ft., just S of E part of Cowgill Meadow (q.v.) and directly across Sugar Bowl stream from Sugar Bowl Lodge, Placer Co., Calif. -- for E. slope of Disney Peak see "Sugar Bowl". VEG. TYPES: coniferous forest of same type as on Crow's Nest peak (see above); but with more of this cleared for ski trails,such areas being covered with a variety of forbs and few low shrubs (Sambucus race- mosa, Ribes sp.) except where too steep; outcrops of of volcanic agglomerate above 7200 ft. are without sig- nificant vegetation. Many felled trees along forest edge.