June 21, 2012: Hardy Ridge (Columbia River Gorge, Washington)

Hardy Ridge is just northwest of Hamilton Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge; the summit is about 3000' above sea level. (The trail starts at about 800'.)
lupines
bleeding hearts
giant blue-eyed Mary
giant blue-eyed Mary & harsh paintbrush
Table Mountain & the Columbia River
nodding onion
nodding onion
fine-toothed penstemon (?)
trailing blackberry flowers
harsh paintbrush
wildflowers
western chokecherry
wild rose
beargrass
Cardwell's penstemon
Cardwell's penstemon
Cardwell's penstemon
umber pussytoes
beargrass
Columbia lewisia
Cascade desert parsley
Mt. Hood & Hardy Ridge
wildflowers
spreading phlox
slender phlox
paintbrush & Mt. Hood
subalpine mariposa lily
sticky cinquefoil
galls on a serviceberry leaf
larkspur, budding
giant blue-eyed Mary & harsh paintbrush
beetle in a thimbleberry flower
western columbine
clodius parnassian butterfly on Oregon sunshine
giant blue-eyed Mary
Oregon sunshine & giant blue-eyed Mary
Oregon sunshine & giant blue-eyed Mary
lupine
cow parsnip
flowering grass

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