Mt Jefferson area...July 16th

[forestgnome]

Hiked with BeccaM to do some redlining around the Mt. Jefferson area.

Jefferson Brook in the early morning...

We started on Capps ridge Trail, then took The Link over toward The Castle Trail. This trail sees little traffic...pretty trail...lots of ferns...

a view from The Castle Trail into Castle Ravine...

Becca likes to hike in sneakers, providing excellent ankle support...

making our way up The Castle Trail...

view down to the floor of the ravine...

happy smiles on a beautiful day above treeline...

up the Castles...

Becca spotted this fresh avalanche in the ravine...

continued...

 

[forestgnome]

We hiked the Cornice over to Castle Ravine Trail...my first time on this section...very scenic hiking...

We were making our way toward Mt. Jefferson when we bumped into MichaelJ! Nice seeing you Michael!

We hiked the Castle Trail back down to the Cornice...

took the Cornice over to Capps Ridge...

heading down Capps Ridge Trail...

happy trails

 

[Becca M]

yeah!!!!!

what a day!!!!! seems like you MIGHT have actually "redlined"????


OH, and here is Forestgnome taking the ravine floor shot

YAY!!!

 

[MichaelJ]

Nice to have run into you up there! It was a fine, fine day to be out, for sure.

 

[ksearl]

Great pics and TR! Looks like you had beautiful skies overhead for this hike. Thanks for sharing!

Karl

 

[grouseking]

As usual Patrick, unbelievable photos, esp of the waterfalls and fern. What was on that fern...is that usual?

 

[DougPaul]

As usual Patrick, unbelievable photos, esp of the waterfalls and fern. What was on that fern...is that usual?

Those are sori (singular: sorus)--structures on undersides of fertile fronds where spores are formed. Some ferns have both fertile and sterile fronds. Very common.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorus

Doug

 

[nartreb]

Those are sori (singular: sorus)--structures on undersides of fertile fronds where spores are formed. Some ferns have both fertile and sterile fronds. Very common.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorus

Doug

And some have both sterile and fertile leaflets on the same frond:

interrupted fern, O. Claytoniana