Parking is just outside the mouth of the canyon beside Goler Wash.
The path follows a rugged gravel road popular among jeep and off-road drivers.
Desert thorn apple growing in the stony lower elevations of the wash.
The canyon fluctuates between tight sheer walls and large sloped vistas of the Panamint Range.
Sacred datura/sacred thorn apple are prevalent along the lower portions of the trail.
Pygmy cedar in explosive bloom.
Ruins of previous camps display the area's mining history, including this old kitchen building at the Keystone Mine Camp.
Mojave prickly poppy bloom in abundant patches along the hike.
California poppies color the trail.
An unusual straight stretch on the long winding climb up the Goler Wash canyon.
Beavertail cactus with pink blooms sporadically appear along the hike.
Near the top, the canyon walls open to colorful stone slopes lining the route.
A hummingbird hovers inside a stand of Panamint prince's plume, a member of the mustard family.
Sourdough Spring, once an essential source of water for the canyon's mining camps, continues to provide water that can be filtered by hikers.
A sign marks the boundary of Death Valley National Park, which expanded to include this area in 1994.
A view from the peaks near the top of the canyon overlooking the surrounding Panamint Mountains.
The entrance to Barker Ranch.
A hibiscus tree remains from when the ranch held more life and was supported by a nearby spring.
A sign shows the ranch before a fire burnt the main building down.
Barker Ranch.
Overlooking Barker Ranch.
A stone wall is all that remains of the ranch house built in the 1930s.