A White Walk

[MonikaC]

A hike up into the James Peak Wilderness yesterday was a great wildflower hike. The main one that I was looking for was the bog orchids. Most were still partially if not fully closed, but there were 2 that were flowering.

I think that this is a White mitrewort, Mitella stauropetela.

I'd hoped to be able to explore a few ridges to the south, but clouds were moving in. My dog & I beat it back to the trailhead, 4 miles and around 2700' vertical away. We were 1/2 mile from the trailhead when it started raining. I didn't want to stop to put on rain gear as we were so close, but as the rain came down harder, I decided it was worth it.

 

[AlanLichty]

Neat little blooms - looks like they were worth the trek. If you get tired of the rain you could send some this way

 

[JimFox]

Wow! Great flowers you found Monika! And you almost got back before the rain.

 

[MonikaC]

Neat little blooms - looks like they were worth the trek. If you get tired of the rain you could send some this way

Thanks, Alan. I think we want to keep the rain here to decrease our wildfire danger. It's the best wildfire year in a decade, though some of the really big ones were Sept-Dec.

 

[MonikaC]

Wow! Great flowers you found Monika! And you almost got back before the rain.

Thanks, Jim. It was kind of interesting to see that the little white flowers are what attracted me with all the monkey flower, penstemons, columbines, paintbrush, roses, phlox, sulphur flower, sunflowers, daisy-like flowers, stonecrop, even a few little elephant heads..........

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks, Alan. I think we want to keep the rain here to decrease our wildfire danger. It's the best wildfire year in a decade, though some of the really big ones were Sept-Dec.

Same reason we'd like some up here