Bailey Canyon

Cara and I went on a hike today in Bailey Canyon. It was hard at first finding the trail head but when we found it we made good time on the trail. The hike was 4.4 miles long (roundtrip.) We went to the foundation of the ruins of a cabin up on the trail. It was 2.2 miles to the cabin.

On the way up, we met a hiker who at the age of 13 in 1940 restored the cabin with some friends. After the war the Forest Service tore down the cabin. All that is of the canyon today is a wall surrounding 3/4 of the cabin. The wall is about 18 inches high in it's tallest spot. We had lunch at the cabin.

The hike was pretty steep. I knew it was going to be steep according to the contour lines on the map. They were pretty close together and the trail went straight up at times. At the end of the trail we starting going down hill so I knew we were close to the cabin because according to the map we would start going down hill a little bit before the cabin.

I like going on hikes with Cara. It gives us a time to be together without any distractions except for being on the trail. It was a nice hike. I would like to go on the trail again. Except this time we would hike a mile further to Jones Peak.