August 11, 2009: Jefferson Park (Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon)

This hike into Jefferson Park was via the Pacific Crest Trail over Park Ridge, from the Breitenbush Lake trailhead.

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dwarf bramble
scree-covered slopes above wetlands
Sitka mountain-ash berries
Pyramid Butte & Ruddy Hill
Mount Hood
Mount Jefferson
paintbrush & partridgefoot
alpine asters
alpine asters
peak west of Babe Lake
weathered hemlock
alpine asters by a pond
northern spur of Park Ridge
snow & scree
Tolmie's saxifrage
Mount Jefferson & Sprague Lake
Sprague Lake
Mount Jefferson & the ridge to Park Butte
view to the northwest
east side of Park Butte
Russell Lake
Scout Lake, Bays Lake, Rock Lake, & Park Lake
Mount Jefferson & Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park panorama
the ridge to Park Butte
the bowl below Park Ridge
top of a big snowfield
white mountain heather
Park Butte & a small cascade
tall mountain shooting stars
wildflowers
wildflowers
wildflowers
asters & paintbrush
Mount Jefferson & Scout Lake
Park Butte & Bays Lake
Park Butte & Rock Lake
Park Butte & Rock Lake
glaucous willow-herb
Park Butte & Park Lake
wildflowers
South Breitenbush River
wildflowers
bracted lousewort
fan-leaf cinquefoil
tall mountain shooting stars
lousewort & lupine
white marsh-marigold
paintbrush & lupine, & lousewort
white marsh-marigold
Mount Jefferson
tundra aster
tundra aster
magenta paintbrush
pink mountain heather
clouds over Mount Jefferson
huckleberry
wildflowers
Olallie Butte
sooty grouse
clouds over Mount Jefferson & Park Butte
magenta paintbrush & partridgefoot
seasonal ponds
magenta paintbrush
personalized trail sign

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