Six of us hiked seven km from the college trail head to the big tree [150 m above our starting point], on to Mayook's lookoff, where we stopped for a look over Cranbrook, and then back. We went at a leisurely pace, pausing to look at nature, learn from each other and take pictures whenever we felt like it. We got rained on a little, but not much; it was nothing more than a cooling shower as we walked back.
The birders in our group listed 36 species. Greg submitted them to ebird, at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18656958
The birders in our group listed 36 species. Greg submitted them to ebird, at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18656958
 Douglas-fir buds We compiled the following list of plants: |  Douglas-fir new growth |
| ponderosa pine Douglas-fir spruce larch juniper rocky mountain common aspen birch hawthorn kinnikinnick strawberry dandelion puccoon Drummond's rockcress choke cherry Oregon-grape star-flowered false Solomon's-seal early blue violet shooting star calypso orchid [fairyslipper] alumroot old man's whiskers pussytoes field rosy racemose stickseed meadow death-camas desert-parsley anemone shrubby penstemon yarrow balsamroot woodland star larkspur saskatoon sedum antelope-brush lupine fleabane [daisy] arnica |  the group [minus Joy, our photographer]  balsamroot  Maayook's lookoff |
Excepting trees, these were the species in flower. There are lots more up there.
penstemon at Mayook's lookoff [with alumroot in background]
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