Philomena Spring in the S.F. Peaks/ Humphrey?

[Jim]

This Saturday looks like it should be a good break period in the monsoon flow and that will enable us to have enough time to casually explore for Philomena Spring. Depending on things, one being my knee, a summit of the big one can be achieved. Might do the trail down if we summit.

I plan to take the Humphrey trail to around 10,600 and proceed cross country there after. Cross the Allison Clay and hug tree line to the spring area.

[hippiepunkpirate]

Cross the Allison Clay

That sounds a bit like a pain in the butt without any snow cover. That scree is way steep in there.

[Jim]

I'll be crossing a lower part, so it shouldn't be so bad. Also, I plan to skip the summit since this will be a perfect weekend to be on the Peaks with no chance of storms and I expect the summit will be very crowded. There should be plentiful sennecio around and near the spring, so the only purpose in going much higher would be to summit, and I don't really need another one.

[Jim]

Found Philomena with great ease, mostly aided by the metal pipe leading nearly to it. The spring is mapped in the wrong area. It is actually one basin south at:
35.345931, -111.683774

Satellite imagery isn't working so I had to use aerial photos. They're not as good, so this is about as accurate as I could get it to be.