July 30, 2015: Rachel Lake & Alta Mountain (Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington)

Even though it wasn't even August yet, most of the flowers were already cooked. Here's a map.
yellow willow-herb
Box Canyon Creek
Sitka mountain-ash berries
Box Canyon Creek
fireweed seed pods
thimbleberries
rosy twisted-stalk berries
deer
stink currant
great northern aster
wild blueberry
slender bog orchid
monkshood
clasping twisted-stalk berries
streambank arnica
fringed grass-of-parnassus
clasping twisted-stalk berries
Rachel Lake
Sitka mountain-ash berries
pink mountain heather
Rachel Lake
Rachel Lake
fireweed
south end of Rampart Ridge
Rampart Ridge & Rampart Lakes
north end of Rampart Ridge
Box Ridge, Hibox Mountain, & Lila Lake
Mt. Rainier & Rampart Ridge
Alta Mountain & Mt. Thomson
Alta Mountain & Chikamin Ridge
harebells
basin below Alta Mountain
Chikamin Ridge
view to the west
Alta Mountain panorama
summit cairn & Mt. Rainier
Mt. Thomson & Alaska Lake
view northeast toward Mt. Daniel
Alta Mountain's south ridge
Box Ridge
Hibox Mountain & Lila Lake
Sitka mountain-ash
fireweed
fireweed & Hibox Mountain
fireweed & Hibox Mountain
Rachel Lake
Rachel Lake
sparkles on Rachel Lake
Hibox Mountain
common willow-herb
deer fern fronds
stream
great northern aster
spider web
monkeyflower

[Geolocation map]
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