High Sierra Topix

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.

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'

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.

Illilouette Creek was uncrossable on June 1. This is the crossing that one reaches by taking the middle of the 3 southbound trails going that direction from Panorama Trail about 3 miles. We later ran into someone who said he'd successfully crossed it; he was about 6 feet tall and he said the water came up to his chest. In addition to being deep, the water is fast-moving at that location. One could walk about a quarter-mile upstream to where the water is calm (if still deep). The better idea might be to just try the uppermost/easternmost trail crossing, about 1.5 miles upstream, although we did not check that out ourselves. (We just turned around.) However, with warming air temps this week, all of the crossings in this area are likely to be even more raging than on June 1.