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a memorable hike...
forecast called for late improvement so I lingered on Mt. Jefferson Rd. It's a great place for wildflowers...
Jefferson Brook on a misty morning...
skunk current on CRT...
juvenile gray jay at Pothole Rock...
The high slopes of Mt. Jefferson are superior to Alpine Garden for quantity and diversity of alpine flowers, in my apprentice opinion. At the junction of the Cornice I heard hikers talking from above on this calm day. A hiker had a broken ankle and help was on the way. Bummer.
The Cornice, a peaceful trail leading to the Monticello Lawn...
I was a week too late! This is a great area for mountain heath, one of my very favorite alpine flowers. I did find two blooms...
These are in a great little patch that hosts nearly every alpine plant you could think of...
As forecast, condition became beautiful in the late afternoon. I strolled around the Gulfside Trail toward the north soaking in the sun and stalking flowers. Reluctantly started up Six Husbands Trail toward the summit of Mt. Jefferson. Mt. Adams...
near the summit...
started to get some nice Godbeams through the summer haze on the way down...
I was wondering about the injured hiker and figured he was now just starting to be evacuated. Sure enough, a gang of SAR folks had him on a stretcher and were preparing to start the carry. I was thinking about how difficult it must be on a trail like this. He was about a tenth(?) of a mile above the Cornice junction. My offer for help was gladly accepted. Although there was quite a crowd, they said 40 people would not be too many!
The hiker on the rear in a brown shirt is the injured's partner...
After a while we switched out and I took a shift. Everything they say about the difficulty of carrying a litter in these conditions is true. Wow! It's scary because you don't hike on the trailbed. Each step lands where you would never put your foot otherwise. You step on holes covererd with krumholz. I can't beleive people don't break legs carrying litters.
F&G requested a helivac and word came back the Dartmouth/Hitchcock was flying to check out the possibility...no promises. A scouting team arrived and found a suitable landing spot just above the top cap. So we carried to that point.
continued...
forecast called for late improvement so I lingered on Mt. Jefferson Rd. It's a great place for wildflowers...
Jefferson Brook on a misty morning...
skunk current on CRT...
juvenile gray jay at Pothole Rock...
The high slopes of Mt. Jefferson are superior to Alpine Garden for quantity and diversity of alpine flowers, in my apprentice opinion. At the junction of the Cornice I heard hikers talking from above on this calm day. A hiker had a broken ankle and help was on the way. Bummer.
The Cornice, a peaceful trail leading to the Monticello Lawn...
I was a week too late! This is a great area for mountain heath, one of my very favorite alpine flowers. I did find two blooms...
These are in a great little patch that hosts nearly every alpine plant you could think of...
As forecast, condition became beautiful in the late afternoon. I strolled around the Gulfside Trail toward the north soaking in the sun and stalking flowers. Reluctantly started up Six Husbands Trail toward the summit of Mt. Jefferson. Mt. Adams...
near the summit...
started to get some nice Godbeams through the summer haze on the way down...
I was wondering about the injured hiker and figured he was now just starting to be evacuated. Sure enough, a gang of SAR folks had him on a stretcher and were preparing to start the carry. I was thinking about how difficult it must be on a trail like this. He was about a tenth(?) of a mile above the Cornice junction. My offer for help was gladly accepted. Although there was quite a crowd, they said 40 people would not be too many!
The hiker on the rear in a brown shirt is the injured's partner...
After a while we switched out and I took a shift. Everything they say about the difficulty of carrying a litter in these conditions is true. Wow! It's scary because you don't hike on the trailbed. Each step lands where you would never put your foot otherwise. You step on holes covererd with krumholz. I can't beleive people don't break legs carrying litters.
F&G requested a helivac and word came back the Dartmouth/Hitchcock was flying to check out the possibility...no promises. A scouting team arrived and found a suitable landing spot just above the top cap. So we carried to that point.
continued...
