Yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus guttalus, is at far left in the beaver-dam pond. Indian paintbrush, Castilleja miniata, comes in burnt-orange and crimson. A hiker's reward for reaching the top of the trail is an ice-cold drink from the point where this waterfall exits from solid rock. Don't drink from any lower location, though, or you risk a Giardia infection. Richardson's geranium, Geranium richardsonii, blooms in abundance along the trail.
Color ranges from delicate pink to lavender to white.
The orange and black spot in the flower at left is a bee. The rocky dome of Old Baldy looks like something out of Yosemite National Park. Hikers see this view shortly after they begin the walk up High Creek Trail.