This photo gallery includes pictures taken on two hikes along this trail to Mt. Lowe summit from Eaton Saddle on the Mt. Wilson Road. The first hike was organized by John Thompson and co-led by him and CNPS member Jane Tirrell and included Walt Fidler, Mickey Long, myself, and several other people, and took place on 5/10/14. The following week, I was joined by Tom Chester, Keir Morse, Adrienne Ballwey and Walt Fidler to do a follow-up. One of the goals of these hikes was to see the Harlequin lupine (Lupinus stiversii) that grows in this area but may have been planted originally back in the days of Ye Alpine Tavern. The above photo was taken on another hike on 5/13/14 to the summit of San Gabriel Peak and shows both the Mt. Lowe Road and running parallel to it and above the hiking trail. We walked down the road and came back on the trail. An asterisk next to the common name indicates a non-native species. See Tom Chester's flora of this area here.

White catchfly
Silene verecunda
Caryophyllaceae

Chaparral whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
Rhamnaceae
[leucodermis = white-skinned]

Big-cone spruce
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
Pinaceae

Birch-leaf mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides
Rosaceae

Bird's-foot fern
Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata
Pteridaceae

Blue dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum
Themidaceae