hunting for mountain heath on Boott Spur Peak

[forestgnome]

Sunday, I decided to go hunting for mountain heath on Boot Spur. It seems to favor 5,000'ish, east-facing sort-of-sheltered areas. Mountain heath is maybe my favorite alpine flower.



I took Glen Boulder Trail...

I like the way this trail takes you through open alpine areas and then back into trees and back out into open grassy alpine areas.

woods sorrels...

butterfly enjoying bunchberry on a bright sunny afternoon...

view back toward Wildcat Ridge...

nice patches of twin flower right along the trail...

view south down Davis Path...

view toward Mt. Franklin...

I got to Boott Spur and started exploring for mountain heath, suspecting it was a good habitat for them. I was excited to find some, but it had already passed.....D'oh!

It was still a nice hike in the alpine zone on a beautiful July day...very pretty...I'll just have to visit again next summer, just a little earlier...

happy trails

 

[Becca M]

nice work where are the crowds????? nice and quiet....

were you, like, redlining or something....

 

[una_dogger]

I gotta get above treeline soon!
Thanks for Sharing these!

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Nice!

We've made this hike before and loved it. We intend to make it again this Friday or Saturday for Seek the Peak (to avoid the crowds!)

KDT