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Well after being worked by @Bob in the big Jelly last week, I really had no business attempting the Dragon Tail today. It was a long, steep slog, and my knees and feet are now sore after descending the West Slope Trail off the summit of Grandeur. The West Slope Trail just happens to be my least favorite trail in the Wasatch.
Most of my shots in this report will be wildflowers. The mule ears and the Wasatch beardtongue were the most prevalent today along our route.
My cameras were as follows:
- Canon EOS 30D
- Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
- Olympus Tough TG-6
I bought the 30D used off of Ebay for a whopping 43 dollars, and the pictures that I took with it today turned out a little darker than I like, particularly when I zoomed in on a flower, or group of flowers. I'll have to compensate for that in the future. The Tough TG-6 made the trip to Yellowstone last week, but never took a picture with it. Feeling guilty about that, I used it a bit today.
Oh, and I lost my sunglasses while bushwhacking along the ridge through some scrub oak.
I tried to retrace my footsteps through the scrub, but I couldn't find them. Oh well, an offering to the Grandeur gods I guess.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121879-9f6e8bc7df93b894d0e0cfeeaeed4c2f.jpg)
We got to the trailhead about 7:15 this morning
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121880-ca857b00b2e1fa6082518274ff818a03.jpg)
The sun is starting to come up over Grandeur. The Dragon Tail can be seen on the far right ridge.
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121881-a73322e90ad7f596f62e5b600a9cdfae.jpg)
My partner in crime for the day
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121882-216ac9b4385abe1924c6d8c67a6708c8.jpg)
Spider milkweed
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121883-0766f3e50d193340265533b367b51e3f.jpg)
REI down below
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121884-f7293e6979ebf050b36c073f40f764f5.jpg)
The ever present Mount Olympus to the south
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121885-5658933bad3a8c545815439b7e74a844.jpg)
Hookers onion
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121886-df5f825fb3f042d9bbbe268ac2a5fa64.jpg)
The climbing wall, which is the first rock formation you pass on the way to the bottom of the Dragon Tail
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121887-1f0a10805b7eee4c07cebea1fc5ab9be.jpg)
On the other side, and the east end of the climbing wall
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121888-6c73ba480e06b16c26e454c896f4be06.jpg)
Perkins Peak on Parley's Ridge, where we were about three weeks ago now.
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121889-6fcf401697375f7d88eac4204de4fd02.jpg)
Sweetvetch
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121890-11268a7b22877d90112bd844695a53a5.jpg)
Passing some Juniper trees, with the 215 Belt Route below.
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121891-4147b8a19175d6ce79c46d87b5b11c4c.jpg)
The Dragon Tail ahead
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121892-7140173633f88772ed4b0efc25b171be.jpg)
Katie, taking a picture
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121893-cf058d50f3f4722b077dfb5d52535d8d.jpg)
Toadflax
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121894-8c7cda5ba68ff0d1551c3d6f1ad8fd6a.jpg)
Almost to the top of the Dragon Tail
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121895-cbf11d0a51d4c247ecb85a2c647be9a0.jpg)
Paintbrush
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121896-f79480aa44259ad61c8114fb66ae641a.jpg)
A parasailer passed right over the top of us. We would see three more as we made our way up the mountain.
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121897-c59dfb253a142498514ba7b23a6a4a78.jpg)
Posing for a shot. REI down below
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121898-cf9b9741cf02691f6df698c16054280b.jpg)
Evening primrose. There were a lot of these at the upper end of the Dragon Tail
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121899-5e297e8c2adb2404306517c9a8574624.jpg)
Katie is making me walk the plank.![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121900-c12d2985324b0102efb9856028260390.jpg)
A small arch at the east end of the Dragon Tail
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121901-d13512eade175ccb310a88137a8ab696.jpg)
Penstemons
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121902-a8f68416b5044107e44d10f14920b51b.jpg)
A lizard
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121903-f2bdd266bca85193ddba9dcfeae9b4af.jpg)
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121904-ae3b7a4aff9e95d7d65629f327bc973d.jpg)
Knife's edge between Mount Olympus and Triangle Peak
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121905-e388682f12658cde37621d49c84dac09.jpg)
Wasatch beardtongue and bee
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121906-f9cde6b6b956b3642de6e51b400c77d0.jpg)
Bee?
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121907-aed681b4e93a3c0ceafc25b91e68b495.jpg)
Geranium
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121908-3e974d1732c9c2062741a5028296eac9.jpg)
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121909-e260a6226f9be1c671390b11b5837539.jpg)
Got it mid chirp
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121910-e7c5f2c1274fd1f91ee55625c34465dd.jpg)
A mosquito hawk
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121911-0865fd9af9d6c3ea23869d135ded44bc.jpg)
The summit comes into view. A lot of scrub oak to get through before then though. this is the section where I lost my sun
glasses
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121912-f583b2ebd56b1428eb16684691f52e8b.jpg)
Looking down on Rattlesnake Gulch
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121913-1616004816caf99e68a1cb0dfc1130d5.jpg)
Death Kamas
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121914-ab61c36a6c4ab77bd0f1d6d49b43b930.jpg)
Sun glasses lost some where along this section
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121916-26b2e9cbb36265c3c6914070d0f1aa05.jpg)
Ninebark on the ridge
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121917-e817097b12c438e91d497b2293ae7540.jpg)
Western wallflower too
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121918-786359690e14013cb0b4fb48cdbf5168.jpg)
Butterfly
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121919-c88b83f316d4faa6995afc14d3c8fb74.jpg)
One more hill to climb
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121920-5fc74426df172ec88c522b6ae7362e55.jpg)
On the ridge
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121921-d6f12aa5fa8d473b942ea242eda8d5e0.jpg)
I liked the look of the lichens and the rock
![43.jpg 43.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121922-461a58a91e7cadd59151688a319b3ce5.jpg)
Utah serviceberry
![44.jpg 44.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121923-b3ba0148c1d8228d51cf1488b073263d.jpg)
American vetch
![45.jpg 45.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121924-7dd6cc66c0d4ebe4fd238b9c84d675fc.jpg)
Another parasailer, with Desert Peak in the far distance
![46.jpg 46.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121925-e0dce2e95ab75f249d0785cf6413925e.jpg)
Gobblers Knob and Mount Raymond to the southeast
![47.jpg 47.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121926-abcefc64ce8e5c1adfac5cd0e35d4903.jpg)
A swallowtail on the summit
![48.jpg 48.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121927-1898d5f09e3c5e4d6d8122a0bb360b0c.jpg)
Church Fork Peak and Mount Aire beyond
![49.jpg 49.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121928-5c9529937267d17852dcf497e785c11b.jpg)
Summit shot
![50.jpg 50.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121929-796851bd75a13c459defc3d0d53f6522.jpg)
Lady bug on the summit
![51.jpg 51.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121930-f0f806f3c35b237c5b5281fd87b1cb7b.jpg)
Canary violet
![52.jpg 52.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121931-8e33bf81fab2842cc95520fef1dc1398.jpg)
Heading down the West Slope Trail
![53.jpg 53.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121932-e28d62450e6d3aad7ade50d61478f9ec.jpg)
Larkspur
![54.jpg 54.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121933-29814f57b1b02af290f2a8f30a201270.jpg)
Wasp, Bee or Hornet?
![55.jpg 55.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121934-f7f752dd5b1478aea279fb4073272460.jpg)
Mountain Mahogany
![56.jpg 56.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121935-9ef3e9c74deae9a7fe324bf938e44a22.jpg)
More death camas - sorry, kind of a dark shot
![57.jpg 57.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121936-7194f2159b47960af41698f362879fdd.jpg)
Another swallowtail
![58.jpg 58.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121937-16319c572154832eb091a2f6cd9ad9d0.jpg)
The ridge to the south of the West Slope Trail, which is the ridge we came up.
![59.jpg 59.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121938-333d44e0b99a02b44027bd2e285cd7b8.jpg)
Wishing that I was off the West Slope Trail.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![60.jpg 60.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121939-3a22f1e667bb3b7d7c7b08044633d690.jpg)
Mule ears
![61.jpg 61.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121940-60ff4c70d19885ff8653c4f5738bc0ab.jpg)
Parley's Ridge
![62.jpg 62.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121941-aa501b3f52a54bbd70b1279a41fdd148.jpg)
Daisies
![63.jpg 63.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121942-ccf4b9ea589cf520e374e02c9b6ad119.jpg)
A butterfly
![64.jpg 64.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121943-3f4fc29dac361e26a634e374a180ee39.jpg)
More paintbrush
![65.jpg 65.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121944-1f9fad6fbae2394f082216bddb8d1185.jpg)
Lupine and mule ears
![66.jpg 66.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121945-31c0a69fea264f08c18e6182c76f2519.jpg)
![67.jpg 67.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121946-7eccbd87715fb373de6b4dd3cde2647c.jpg)
Bumblebee
![68.jpg 68.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121947-e262bf55dce56260aad1734ef28a8afd.jpg)
More vetch
![69.jpg 69.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121948-2b5ee8e982e88ee9b89fadbb4bcfddfa.jpg)
Afternoon shot of Grandeur taken near the trailhead
![70.jpg 70.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121949-ad8eee1df7eb3ba9fd91e783c4456908.jpg)
Back at the Sube
![71.jpg 71.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121950-0c4b7a6fe7b76550c4eed94ce4bd4ade.jpg)
View of Grandeur and the Dragon Tail from the REI parking lot. We had to exchange a flex-lite camp chair that broke while we
were at camp on Rescue Creek in Yellowstone.
The End.
Most of my shots in this report will be wildflowers. The mule ears and the Wasatch beardtongue were the most prevalent today along our route.
My cameras were as follows:
- Canon EOS 30D
- Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
- Olympus Tough TG-6
I bought the 30D used off of Ebay for a whopping 43 dollars, and the pictures that I took with it today turned out a little darker than I like, particularly when I zoomed in on a flower, or group of flowers. I'll have to compensate for that in the future. The Tough TG-6 made the trip to Yellowstone last week, but never took a picture with it. Feeling guilty about that, I used it a bit today.
Oh, and I lost my sunglasses while bushwhacking along the ridge through some scrub oak.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121879-9f6e8bc7df93b894d0e0cfeeaeed4c2f.jpg)
We got to the trailhead about 7:15 this morning
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121880-ca857b00b2e1fa6082518274ff818a03.jpg)
The sun is starting to come up over Grandeur. The Dragon Tail can be seen on the far right ridge.
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121881-a73322e90ad7f596f62e5b600a9cdfae.jpg)
My partner in crime for the day
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121882-216ac9b4385abe1924c6d8c67a6708c8.jpg)
Spider milkweed
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121883-0766f3e50d193340265533b367b51e3f.jpg)
REI down below
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121884-f7293e6979ebf050b36c073f40f764f5.jpg)
The ever present Mount Olympus to the south
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121885-5658933bad3a8c545815439b7e74a844.jpg)
Hookers onion
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121886-df5f825fb3f042d9bbbe268ac2a5fa64.jpg)
The climbing wall, which is the first rock formation you pass on the way to the bottom of the Dragon Tail
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121887-1f0a10805b7eee4c07cebea1fc5ab9be.jpg)
On the other side, and the east end of the climbing wall
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121888-6c73ba480e06b16c26e454c896f4be06.jpg)
Perkins Peak on Parley's Ridge, where we were about three weeks ago now.
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121889-6fcf401697375f7d88eac4204de4fd02.jpg)
Sweetvetch
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121890-11268a7b22877d90112bd844695a53a5.jpg)
Passing some Juniper trees, with the 215 Belt Route below.
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121891-4147b8a19175d6ce79c46d87b5b11c4c.jpg)
The Dragon Tail ahead
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121892-7140173633f88772ed4b0efc25b171be.jpg)
Katie, taking a picture
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121893-cf058d50f3f4722b077dfb5d52535d8d.jpg)
Toadflax
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121894-8c7cda5ba68ff0d1551c3d6f1ad8fd6a.jpg)
Almost to the top of the Dragon Tail
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121895-cbf11d0a51d4c247ecb85a2c647be9a0.jpg)
Paintbrush
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121896-f79480aa44259ad61c8114fb66ae641a.jpg)
A parasailer passed right over the top of us. We would see three more as we made our way up the mountain.
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121897-c59dfb253a142498514ba7b23a6a4a78.jpg)
Posing for a shot. REI down below
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121898-cf9b9741cf02691f6df698c16054280b.jpg)
Evening primrose. There were a lot of these at the upper end of the Dragon Tail
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121899-5e297e8c2adb2404306517c9a8574624.jpg)
Katie is making me walk the plank.
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121900-c12d2985324b0102efb9856028260390.jpg)
A small arch at the east end of the Dragon Tail
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121901-d13512eade175ccb310a88137a8ab696.jpg)
Penstemons
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121902-a8f68416b5044107e44d10f14920b51b.jpg)
A lizard
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121903-f2bdd266bca85193ddba9dcfeae9b4af.jpg)
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121904-ae3b7a4aff9e95d7d65629f327bc973d.jpg)
Knife's edge between Mount Olympus and Triangle Peak
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121905-e388682f12658cde37621d49c84dac09.jpg)
Wasatch beardtongue and bee
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121906-f9cde6b6b956b3642de6e51b400c77d0.jpg)
Bee?
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121907-aed681b4e93a3c0ceafc25b91e68b495.jpg)
Geranium
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121908-3e974d1732c9c2062741a5028296eac9.jpg)
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121909-e260a6226f9be1c671390b11b5837539.jpg)
Got it mid chirp
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121910-e7c5f2c1274fd1f91ee55625c34465dd.jpg)
A mosquito hawk
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121911-0865fd9af9d6c3ea23869d135ded44bc.jpg)
The summit comes into view. A lot of scrub oak to get through before then though. this is the section where I lost my sun
glasses
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121912-f583b2ebd56b1428eb16684691f52e8b.jpg)
Looking down on Rattlesnake Gulch
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121913-1616004816caf99e68a1cb0dfc1130d5.jpg)
Death Kamas
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121914-ab61c36a6c4ab77bd0f1d6d49b43b930.jpg)
Sun glasses lost some where along this section
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121916-26b2e9cbb36265c3c6914070d0f1aa05.jpg)
Ninebark on the ridge
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121917-e817097b12c438e91d497b2293ae7540.jpg)
Western wallflower too
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121918-786359690e14013cb0b4fb48cdbf5168.jpg)
Butterfly
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121919-c88b83f316d4faa6995afc14d3c8fb74.jpg)
One more hill to climb
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121920-5fc74426df172ec88c522b6ae7362e55.jpg)
On the ridge
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121921-d6f12aa5fa8d473b942ea242eda8d5e0.jpg)
I liked the look of the lichens and the rock
![43.jpg 43.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121922-461a58a91e7cadd59151688a319b3ce5.jpg)
Utah serviceberry
![44.jpg 44.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121923-b3ba0148c1d8228d51cf1488b073263d.jpg)
American vetch
![45.jpg 45.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121924-7dd6cc66c0d4ebe4fd238b9c84d675fc.jpg)
Another parasailer, with Desert Peak in the far distance
![46.jpg 46.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121925-e0dce2e95ab75f249d0785cf6413925e.jpg)
Gobblers Knob and Mount Raymond to the southeast
![47.jpg 47.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121926-abcefc64ce8e5c1adfac5cd0e35d4903.jpg)
A swallowtail on the summit
![48.jpg 48.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121927-1898d5f09e3c5e4d6d8122a0bb360b0c.jpg)
Church Fork Peak and Mount Aire beyond
![49.jpg 49.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121928-5c9529937267d17852dcf497e785c11b.jpg)
Summit shot
![50.jpg 50.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121929-796851bd75a13c459defc3d0d53f6522.jpg)
Lady bug on the summit
![51.jpg 51.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121930-f0f806f3c35b237c5b5281fd87b1cb7b.jpg)
Canary violet
![52.jpg 52.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/121/121931-8e33bf81fab2842cc95520fef1dc1398.jpg)
Heading down the West Slope Trail
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Larkspur
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Wasp, Bee or Hornet?
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Mountain Mahogany
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More death camas - sorry, kind of a dark shot
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Another swallowtail
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The ridge to the south of the West Slope Trail, which is the ridge we came up.
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Wishing that I was off the West Slope Trail.
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Mule ears
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Parley's Ridge
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Daisies
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A butterfly
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More paintbrush
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Lupine and mule ears
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Bumblebee
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More vetch
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Afternoon shot of Grandeur taken near the trailhead
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Back at the Sube
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View of Grandeur and the Dragon Tail from the REI parking lot. We had to exchange a flex-lite camp chair that broke while we
were at camp on Rescue Creek in Yellowstone.
The End.