Palmer 1935 Mar. 30 contd. Itinerary Bear Flat, Saw Gabriel Mts. (cont'd) Camp Baldy where we turned off on the Bear Canyon road which was followed about 3/4 mi. to its end. Then hiked up the Old Baldy trail to Bear Flat. This flat is about 1 acre in area. It slopes moderately to the W down Bear Canyon. A small creek, the beginning of Bear Creek, flows down near the S side of the flat. The flat is covered largely with grass and dead brake ferns with a small patch of Yuba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum) where the trail crosses the stream. On the S side of the stream there are a few scattered Cercocarpus bushes. The flat is surrounded by dense brush, mostly scrub oak and ceanothus with some manzanita and squaw bush and scattered Calip. Bay (Umbellularia californica), Calip. Coffee Berry (Rhamnus californica). At the lower edge of the flat there are several canyon oaks (quercus chrysolepis) and one or two large Big Cone Spruce (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa). The soil of the flat is black and deep and quite free from rocks except near the edges.