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97 degrees in the valley today, so Sheila and I headed up Mount Aire this morning before it got too warm. We had to walk the road (gate is closed until July 1st) for about 45 minutes to reach the official trailhead, and from there is just a couple of miles to the summit of Aire. Almost all the wildflowers were the usual suspects that I've reported on before. Though I should say that if you like geraniums then this hike is for you. My pack weight was 28 pounds, up 4 pounds (heavier sandbell and camera) from my mid-week Grandeur hike. The hike up was nice while coming back down turned out to be pretty warm.
Info sign at the closed gate
Dogwood
Thimbleberry
Cinquefoil
Yes! No e-bikes in this crowd. Way to go guys!
Millcreek
Chokecherries
Made it to the trailhead
On the official trail
Hound's tongue
Groundsel
Strawberries
Leopard slug
Death camas
Solomon's seal
They haven't fixed this yet? Come on Forest Service.
The missing bridge
Delighted in watching this squirrel. He put on a show for us.
Before retiring to an upper branch to clean itself
More cinquefoil
Ladybug action
A small trickle of water caused this conifer to fall
A white-spotted sable on some ninebark flowers
Sweet Woodruff
Vetch
More strawberries
A small stream running down the trail
Heading up to the saddle between Elbow Fork and Mount Aire Canyon
Woodland star
More Solomon's seal
Horsemint
Wasatch beardtongue
Reaching the saddle
On the saddle
Lewis flax
Skyrocket
Mount Raymond
Gobblers Knob
Lupine
Wild roses
Scorpion weeds
A very small hornets' nest on the trail
Snowberries
More Wasatch beardtongue
Western wallflower
A lizard
Holy cow! Some arrowleaf balsamroot still hanging on near the summit
Grandeur Peak to the west
Unnamed peak 8490 and Millvue Peak to the east
Horned lizard on the summit
Mount Olympus south summit
Raymond on Broads Fork Twin Peaks
Broads Fork Twin Peaks
Butterfly - Euphydryas
Grandview through the Mountain Mahogany
The workhorses for this hike - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and the Canon PowerShot A640
Just what the doctor (@TractorDoc that is) ordered, some habanero jack cheese. This had some serious bite to it.
Summit shots
Time to head back down - getting in one last view
Beartongue
Larkspur
Hawksbeard
Yellows salsify
More skyrocket
Looking up at unnamed peak 8490 just off the saddle
Sticky geraniums
Trail cam. @Rockskipper, this may have caught the Scatman in grizzly mode?
Mount Raymond slipping away
Back at the official trailhead
Millcreek
Back at the gate
And back at the Sube
The End.
Info sign at the closed gate
Dogwood
Thimbleberry
Cinquefoil
Yes! No e-bikes in this crowd. Way to go guys!
Millcreek
Chokecherries
Made it to the trailhead
On the official trail
Hound's tongue
Groundsel
Strawberries
Leopard slug
Death camas
Solomon's seal
They haven't fixed this yet? Come on Forest Service.
The missing bridge
Delighted in watching this squirrel. He put on a show for us.
Before retiring to an upper branch to clean itself
More cinquefoil
Ladybug action
A small trickle of water caused this conifer to fall
A white-spotted sable on some ninebark flowers
Sweet Woodruff
Vetch
More strawberries
A small stream running down the trail
Heading up to the saddle between Elbow Fork and Mount Aire Canyon
Woodland star
More Solomon's seal
Horsemint
Wasatch beardtongue
Reaching the saddle
On the saddle
Lewis flax
Skyrocket
Mount Raymond
Gobblers Knob
Lupine
Wild roses
Scorpion weeds
A very small hornets' nest on the trail
Snowberries
More Wasatch beardtongue
Western wallflower
A lizard
Holy cow! Some arrowleaf balsamroot still hanging on near the summit
Grandeur Peak to the west
Unnamed peak 8490 and Millvue Peak to the east
Horned lizard on the summit
Mount Olympus south summit
Raymond on Broads Fork Twin Peaks
Broads Fork Twin Peaks
Butterfly - Euphydryas
Grandview through the Mountain Mahogany
The workhorses for this hike - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and the Canon PowerShot A640
Just what the doctor (@TractorDoc that is) ordered, some habanero jack cheese. This had some serious bite to it.
Summit shots
Time to head back down - getting in one last view
Beartongue
Larkspur
Hawksbeard
Yellows salsify
More skyrocket
Looking up at unnamed peak 8490 just off the saddle
Sticky geraniums
Trail cam. @Rockskipper, this may have caught the Scatman in grizzly mode?
Mount Raymond slipping away
Back at the official trailhead
Millcreek
Back at the gate
And back at the Sube
The End.