June 24, 2017
June 15, 2017
An orchid today
Spotted corallroot ~ Corallorhiza maculata ~ wild orchid
There are always beautiful things to find along the Spring Creek trail, including places on the trail itself:
June 28, 2016
Along a mile of trail
Yesterday after completing several things that have kept me from the trails lately (and pretty much away from the blog), I leisurely hiked the first mile of the Spring Creek trail (USFS trail #370), retreating from things that had been pressing and enjoying the deep shade of the canyon which was much cooler than the rather high temperatures in the valley. It was wonderful to see the wildflowers and gratifying to see so many species still in bloom.
Oxeye Daisy ~ Leucanthemum vulgare
Water Speedwell, Blue Speedwell ~ Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Pointedtip Mariposa Lily, Three-spot Mariposa Lily, Baker’s Mariposa ~ Calochortus apiculatus
Woodland Pinedrops ~ Pterospora andromedea
Alaska rein orchid, slender-spire orchid ~ Piperia unalascensis
Grand Collomia, Large-flower Mountain-trumpet, Large-flowered Collomia ~ Collomia grandiflora
Lanceleaved Stonecrop ~ Sedum lanceolatum
Sticky Currant berries ~ Ribes viscosissimum
Harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland ~ Campanula rotundifolia
Pipsissewa, Common Prince’s-pine, ~ Chimaphila umbellata
American Twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis
High Mountain Cinquefoil ~ Potentilla flabellifolia
April 20, 2016
Cascade on Spring Creek
This small fall in a series that stretches for miles has a drop of about four feet. The creek is running full now from snow melt on Big Hole Peak, 6 miles upstream and four thousand feet above.
July 4, 2015
Think cool…
Western Montana is currently in the middle of a drought and a heat wave. Our June, the month that usually produces the most rain, gave us none at all and the temperatures have been running nearly 20 degrees above normal, in the mid 90’s to the low 100’s. Early this morning however there was a cool place to be…
