I well remember the first time I hiked up Mt. Waterman and was overwhelmed by the fresh piney scent in the air. Once up the trail the sound of cars passing below diminished and then went still. The Mt. Waterman trail is accessed from the Angeles Crest Highway near mile marker 58. Tom Chester's delightful commentary on this trail says: "Mt. Waterman and the Twin Peaks stand guard over some of the most remote country in the San Gabriel Mountains. The San Gabriel Wilderness Area here and the Sheep Mountain Wilderness Area to the east both have a large area without trails or roads, leaving them mostly undisturbed by a human presence. Both areas have significant populations of Bighorn Sheep due to this remoteness. The countryside is magnificent here, with Mount Waterman and Twin Peaks towering 4000' above Devils Canyon to the West, 4500' above Bear Creek to the East, and 5000' above San Gabriel River Canyon to the South. Nearly the entire San Gabriels can be seen from atop those peaks. The peaks and most of the slopes below them are covered with Jeffrey and ponderosa pine, with incense cedar at Twin Peaks Saddle." The elevation of the peak of Mt. Waterman is 8.030', and it is also reachable via the trail from Three Points that goes around the south side by Twin Peaks. Tom's plant guide is HERE.

Parish's catchfly
Silene parishii
Caryophyllaceae
[Named for the Parish brothers]

San Gabriel beardtongue
Penstemon labrosus
Scrophulariaceae

Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae

Nevin's bird's beak
Cordylanthus nevinii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Joseph Cook Nevin (1835-1913]

Grinnell's penstemon
Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., 1882-1943]

Mountain sticky cinquefoil
Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa
Rosaceae

Parish's lupine
Lupinus latifolius var. parishii
Fabaceae

Volcanic gilia
Gilia ochroleuca ssp. vivida
Polemoniaceae

Downy monkeyflower
Mimulus pilosus
Scrophulariaceae

Pinegrove groundsmoke
Gayophytum oligospermum
Onagraceae
[Named for Claude Gay, 1800-1873]

Many-flowered monkeyflower
Mimulus floribundus
Scrophulariaceae

Mountain whitethorn or snow bush
Ceanothus cordulatus
Rhamnaceae

Bush chinquapin
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Fagaceae

Coast range triteleia
Triteleia lugens
Liliaceae

Mojave phacelia
Phacelia mohavensis
Hydrophyllaceae

Musk monkeyflower
Mimulus moschatus
Scrophulariaceae