Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024
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.
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Girl Hiker
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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...
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...
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Uncle Rico
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Nice work lads. I've never been to the falls. Now I have a reason to go and check it out.
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).
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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...
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...
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Uncle Rico
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I see that you cleaned Sean out from the underbrush.
Nice work!
Nice work!
Yeah, I filled a few holes in the embankment with him.Uncle Rico wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 7:35 am I see that you cleaned Sean out from the underbrush.
Nice work!
edit: I wonder if the animals will dig him up?
Here's a picture from 2011 of the same cascade (Dan Simpson's pic that I stole from his site)...HikeUp wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:58 pm 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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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.
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.
Removed above ground part of fig tree stump and groomed a bit.
edit to add a story: early last month I went up to remove the stump (level it off at ground level), but a young man came along and asked if I was going to transplant the fig tree. I said no, just going to level it off - it's a non-native tree and was obstructing the trail. He said it was his favorite fig tree in the canyon and told me that the plant had feelings and could feel pain - which distressed him a lot. He asked that I stop to give him time to transplant it to the other side of the creek - he just needed to borrow a shovel. I stopped work and told him he could borrow a shovel from the tool stash up the trail as long as he put it back. A few weeks later I was up there to do some tread grooming and ran into the young man again. He said that he hadn't had the chance to transplant the tree yet (big surprise!). Well, after today there is less of a stump to transplant. Small favors.
edit to add a story: early last month I went up to remove the stump (level it off at ground level), but a young man came along and asked if I was going to transplant the fig tree. I said no, just going to level it off - it's a non-native tree and was obstructing the trail. He said it was his favorite fig tree in the canyon and told me that the plant had feelings and could feel pain - which distressed him a lot. He asked that I stop to give him time to transplant it to the other side of the creek - he just needed to borrow a shovel. I stopped work and told him he could borrow a shovel from the tool stash up the trail as long as he put it back. A few weeks later I was up there to do some tread grooming and ran into the young man again. He said that he hadn't had the chance to transplant the tree yet (big surprise!). Well, after today there is less of a stump to transplant. Small favors.