August 15, 2010: Vista Ridge & Sunset on Mt. Hood, Oregon

Got on the trail just after 3:00; hiked up Vista Ridge to Eden Park & Cairn Basin; watched the sun set on Mt. Hood from a ridge above Wy'east Basin; returned to the trailhead in darkness. I'm proud to say I made it all the way down without turning on my headlamp once... the first-quarter moon helped a little.
western pasqueflower
avalanche lilies
avalanche lilies
paintbrush
Sitka valerian
tall mountain shooting star
Mount Hood
pink mountain heather
subalpine fleabane
half moon & hemlocks
Lewis' monkeyflower
Eden Park
Mount Hood & lupines
west fork of Ladd Creek
lupines & valerian
currants
fan-leaf cinquefoil
crossing Ladd Creek
east fork of Ladd Creek
Mount Hood
lupines
white mountain heather
paintbrush & lupine
pink mountain heather
Mt. Adams & a small stream
Mount Hood & Barrett Spur
western pasqueflower
western pasqueflower seed head
western pasqueflower seed heads
western pasqueflower seed heads
fan-leaf cinquefoil
lupines
western pasqueflower
western pasqueflower seed heads
lupine at sunset
paintbrush
Cascade foothills
Mount Hood & Barrett Spur
Mount Rainier & Mount Adams at sunset
Mount Hood
Mt. St. Helens at sunset
Mount Hood at sunset
Mt. St. Helens at sunset
Mount Hood, after sunset
half moon

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