Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024

[HikeUp]

This past week I've managed to clear most of the vegetation on the trail to Bailey Canyon Falls. It's a short trail. The tread needs a lot more work which I'll try to get to this week and next. But it's worth the 30 minutes or so to go see the falls which, surprisingly to me, are still flowing well for the middle of July. This isn't a big falls but it's a nice tranquil spot to get away from the heat.

[Girl Hiker]

Thanks HikeUp. Everytime I've been there it's a little challenging with all the ruts and overgrowth.

[HikeUp]

I conned Sean into doing a survey of this route today. We'll see if any of his ideas ever get implemented! lol

Seriously - thanks to Sean for giving me some really good ideas and tips.

[Sean]

Fun times. The trail is finally getting the love it needs. Thanks, HikeUp!

HikeUp at a problem section of the trail.

[HikeUp]

Sean & I added some steps to get up and over a small cascade today (crossing #4). I think Sean broke his back, though, so be nice to him for a change

Before you needed to sort of crawl up and could slip real easily. We figured it was the least user-friendly-safe part of the route.

Before...

Now there are "steps" that make it a class 1 route. Also, the creek has now been re-routed to the camera right, sorta.

After...

[Sean]

I think I'll survive.

Clearing vegetation around boulder in front of cascade.

After moving boulder into place, creating a step and new tread at the cascade.

Small steps exiting the cascade.

[Taco]

Nice job, you two.

[HikeUp]

A pleasant Sunday morning, so I attempted to improve this creek crossing (#6). Also, playing around with Photoscape X.

Before (L) & After (R) - looking upstream...

Before (L) & After (R) - looking downstream...

[HikeUp]

I also dug up my picture of the falls from Oct 30, 2011...

[Uncle Rico]

Nice work lads. I've never been to the falls. Now I have a reason to go and check it out.

[HikeUp]

Rerouted a crossing (#5) today. We'll see what mother nature says about it next rainy season.

A poor sequence of pictures (not from same spot and angle).

Before...

After chopping back some vegetation and adding stepping stones to get through the mud...

Not satisfied so after today's work: rerouted to the right, away from the mud...

[HikeUp]

Another section that we re-routed to get the trail away from the creek bed.

Old trail followed creek bed on left, new trail on right.

[Sean]

Before & After images...

[HikeUp]

Before...

After...

Let's try a gif...

[Uncle Rico]

I see that you cleaned Sean out from the underbrush.

Nice work!

[HikeUp]

I see that you cleaned Sean out from the underbrush.

Nice work!

Yeah, I filled a few holes in the embankment with him.

edit: I wonder if the animals will dig him up?

[HikeUp]

Two more areas of improvement...

Looking downstream from waterfall view point...

Looking upstream just below final stream crossing before reaching the falls...

[HikeUp]

Sean & I added some steps to get up and over a small cascade today (crossing #4). I think Sean broke his back, though, so be nice to him for a change

Before you needed to sort of crawl up and could slip real easily. We figured it was the least user-friendly-safe part of the route.

Before...
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Now there are "steps" that make it a class 1 route. Also, the creek has now been re-routed to the camera right, sorta.

After...
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Here's a picture from 2011 of the same cascade (Dan Simpson's pic that I stole from his site)...

[HikeUp]

It's October 15th, 2024 and the falls are still going!

I spent this morning eliminating a pair of unnecessary water crossings. Some volunteer fig tree had seemingly forced the route into a quick back and forth crossing that got your shoes wet for no reason.


A view looking down stream of the before-after. The "stump" of the fig tree really should be removed but I need more time and a pick mattock or something with more umph.