After my granddaughter told me about the flowing waterfall in Bailey Canyon she had seen with her mother, I decided to venture there to see it. Subsequent to that on another day I hiked about two miles up the Bailey Canyon trail to find a great many plants in bloom. I have hiked Bailey Canyon many times but I've never made a photo gallery for it, so this effort is intended to rectify that situation. Along the way my camera started to function peculiarly so some of these pictures were taken in other locations, but all of the species show here were present there and most were in full bloom. The trailhead for Bailey Canyon is in Bailey Canyon Park in Sierra Madre, and the website Hiking Guy says this about the trail: "The hike to Jones Peak from the Bailey Canyon Trail is a tough one. The climb up through Bailey Canyon features steep canyon walls, sweeping views, and a well-maintained trail with many switchbacks. Along the way, there are ruins of a cabin in a lush gully, and then after some more switchbacks, you get to Jones Peak at 3,375 feet." I didn't get all the way to Jones Peak on this day because of the heat. The number of switchbacks is at times dispiriting because you just round one hoping that it might be the last one only to see another a few hundred yards up ahead. It's a hike best done in the early spring and I recommend starting as early in the morning as possible. But the flora on this day was exceptional. The waterfall trail is a side trail near the beginning that features some species that are typically found near watercourses. An asterisk next to the common name stands for a non-native species. |
