2024 River/Stream Crossing Reports

[maverick]

We'd appreciate any reports (with photos if you have them) of the Sierra's river and stream crossing conditions. Please include the name of the stream, creek, or river crossed and the date in the Subject Title.

This thread is for condition reporting only; do not request information about specific crossings; create a separate post.

[richlong8]

Crossed Symnes Creek 4 times during dayhike on Shepherd Pass trail. Fast moving, 1-2' high fords, water turned muddy by late afternoon. snow line about 10,000'

[kdemtchouk]

A friend and I did an overnight from Crabtree Trailhead to Hyatt Lake in Emigrant Wilderness this weekend. We followed the Crabtree Trail to Groundhog Meadow, then hopped on the Bell Meadow Trail to West Fork Cherry Creek, and then the usual use trail to Hyatt Lake past Rosasco Lake.

Lots of water out there. Two crossings are note-worthy. Piute Creek on the Bell Meadow Trail is waist deep (I am 6'4") and slow moving. West Fork Cherry Creek at Bell Meadow Trail is fast moving and scary. We spent an hour finding a series of log crossings where it braids out south of Bell Meadow Trail.

[Scroach]

Thanks for the report. I've been keeping an eye on west fork cherry stream flows as I'm hoping to go in from bourland meadows. Good to know you were able to cross. Hopefully with this week's heat wave, it will clean out more snow in the high country.