May 16-19, 2016: Central & Southern Oregon
This was a three-night trip to Klamath Falls, Oregon. On my way down there on Wednesday, I stopped at Smith Rock State Park and scrambled up and over Misery Ridge and Asterisk Pass. Thursday, I found wildflowers on the Modoc Rim (on the east side of Upper Klamath Lake), then went up to Crater Lake and snowshoed to the top of Garfield Peak. Friday, I drove west on Green Springs Highway to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (just east of Ashland) and explored Hobart Bluff and a little bit of the Soda Mountain Wilderness; I returned to Klamath Falls via Hyatt Prairie and Lake of the Woods. Saturday, I returned to Portland via Odell Lake and Salt Creek Falls along Highway 58.

May 16: Smith Rock State Park

Carey's balsamroot
Canyon Trail
Smith Rock Group & Shiprock
Chute Trail
"cave" in Cocaine Gully
Cocaine Gully
branched phacelia
Cocaine Gully
cut-leaf thelypody
Aggro Gully
woolly groundsel
Aggro Gully
purple sage
Misery Ridge
thread-leaf fleabane
Misery Ridge
Morning Glory Wall, from above
Misery Ridge
Smith Rock Group & Christian Brothers
Misery Ridge
Monkey Face & Crooked River
Misery Ridge
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Misery Ridge
spiny hop-sage, female flowers
Misery Ridge
The Monument Area & Crooked River
Misery Ridge
purple sage & Monkey Face
Misery Ridge
climbers on Monkey Face
The Springboard
Mt. Jefferson & Coyote Butte
The Springboard
Monkey Face
Pleasure Palace
spiny hop-sage, male flowers
Mesa Verde Trail
showy penstemon
Mesa Verde Trail
creeping snowberry flowers
Asterisk Pass
Leiberg's stonecrop
Asterisk Pass
Crooked River & south-facing walls
Asterisk Pass
Smith Rock Group
Asterisk Pass
red osier dogwood
River Trail

May 17: Modoc Rim, Fremont-Winema National Forest

blue flax
Modoc Rim
frosted paintbrush
Modoc Rim
chokecherry flowers & Mt. McLoughlin
Modoc Rim
northwest balsamroot
Modoc Rim
Mt. McLoughlin, Eagle Ridge, & Bare Island
Modoc Rim
buttercups
Dry Lakes Flat
alpine waterleaf
Dry Lakes Flat
Cusick's stickseed
Dry Lakes Flat
sticky starwort
Dry Lakes Flat
fleabane
Dry Lakes Flat
nodding microseris
Dry Lakes Flat
prairie smoke
Dry Lakes Flat
buttercups
Dry Lakes Flat
larkspur
Dry Lakes Flat
Mt. Shasta & Upper Klamath Lake
Modoc Rim
fiddleneck
Forest Road 9718
varied-leaf phacelia
Forest Road 9718

May 17: Garfield Peak, Crater Lake National Park

very blue water
Garfield Peak Trail
currant shoots
Garfield Peak Trail
view to the south
Garfield Peak Trail
dagger-pod
Garfield Peak Trail
Garfield Peak's summit
Garfield Peak Trail
snow & Crater Lake
Garfield Peak
Mt. Scott, Dutton Cliff, & Applegate Peak
Garfield Peak summit
Mt. Scott & Phantom Ship
Garfield Peak summit
cornices at the summit
Garfield Peak Trail
silty spring
Garfield Peak Trail
animal tracks in the snow
Garfield Peak Trail
time for the snowshoes to come off again?
Garfield Peak Trail
steep snow on the trail
Garfield Peak Trail
Crater Lake panorama
Garfield Peak Trail
Hillman Peak & Wizard Island
Discovery Point
Garfield Peak
Discovery Point
Llao Rock
Discovery Point
cows & mountains
Nicholson Road
roadside lupines
Hackler Road
roadside lupines
Hackler Road
mahala mat
Crystal Springs DUA
mahala mat
Crystal Springs DUA
cluster-lily, budding
Crystal Springs DUA
cluster-lily, budding
Crystal Springs DUA
blue & white larkspur
Crystal Springs DUA
blue & white larkspur
Crystal Springs DUA
rosy pussy-toes
Crystal Springs DUA
small bay
Malone Spring
white pelicans on Howard Bay
Falls Highway
western grebes on Howard Bay
Falls Highway

May 18: Soda Mountain Road & Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

western bistort
Long Prairie Creek
camas & buttercups
Long Prairie Creek
western blue flag iris
Long Prairie Creek
camas, buttercups, & bistort
Long Prairie Creek
camas, buttercups, & bistort
Long Prairie Creek
prairie smoke
Long Prairie Creek
woolly-headed clover
Long Prairie Creek
water montia
Long Prairie Creek
camas
Long Prairie Creek
Pacific dogwood
Tub Springs State Wayside
great polemonium
Soda Mountain Road
upland larkspur
Pacific Crest Trail
Henderson's fawn lily
Pacific Crest Trail
sticky currant
Pacific Crest Trail
great polemonium
Pacific Crest Trail
frosted paintbrush
Pacific Crest Trail
yellow alyssum (pale madwort)
Pacific Crest Trail
thyme-leaf sandwort
Pacific Crest Trail
checker lilies
Pacific Crest Trail
American vetch
Hobart Bluff Trail
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Hobart Bluff Trail
Baker's hawksbeard, budding
Hobart Bluff Trail
blue-dicks & balsamroot
Hobart Bluff Trail
northwest balsamroot
Hobart Bluff Trail
fir tree & Mt. McLoughlin
Hobart Bluff Trail
three-leaf lewisia
Hobart Bluff Trail
desert parsley
Hobart Bluff Trail
lily seed pods
Hobart Bluff Trail
green-leaf manzanita flowers
Hobart Bluff Trail
Rogue Valley
Hobart Bluff
Siskiyou onion
Hobart Bluff
naked buckwheat, budding
Hobart Bluff
Brown's peony
Hobart Bluff
chickweed monkeyflower
Hobart Bluff
Lyall's anemone
Pacific Crest Trail
rock garden
Pacific Crest Trail
frosted paintbrush
Pacific Crest Trail
dwarf hesperochiron
west of the PCT
Baker's hawksbeard
west of the PCT
northwest balsamroot
west of the PCT
scabland fleabane
west of the PCT
Brandegee's spring-beauty
west of the PCT
Rattan's blue-eyed-mary
west of the PCT
midget phlox
west of the PCT
Siskiyou balloon-pod milk-vetch
west of the PCT
onion, budding
west of the PCT
naked broomrape
west of the PCT
lupines
west of the PCT
Pacific tree frog
west of the PCT
dwarf hesperochiron
west of the PCT
great polemonium
west of the PCT
upland yellow violet
west of the PCT
Tolmie's mariposa lilies
Soda Mountain Road
yellow-leaf iris
Old Hyatt Prairie Road
Tolmie's mariposa lily
Old Hyatt Prairie Road
rosy plectritis
Old Hyatt Prairie Road
rosy plectritis
Old Hyatt Prairie Road
rosy plectritis
Old Hyatt Prairie Road
larkspur & rosy plectritis
Old Hyatt Prairie Road
Mt. McLoughlin & Deadwood Prairie
Dead Indian Memorial Road
bleeding hearts
Big Elk Road
Mt. McLoughlin & Lake of the Woods
Rainbow Bay
distant thunderstorm
Highway 140

May 19: Modoc Rim, Fremont-Winema National Forest

thread-leaf phacelia
Modoc Rim
Modoc Point & distant snow showers
Modoc Rim
Mt. McLoughlin & snow showers
Modoc Rim
blue flax
Modoc Rim
blue flax
Modoc Rim
Oregon checker-mallow (checker-bloom)
Modoc Rim
paintbrush & lupine
Modoc Rim
slender clarkia
Modoc Rim
thread-stalk milk-vetch (basalt milkvetch)
Modoc Rim
Lassen clarkia
Modoc Rim
Dalmatian toadflax
Modoc Rim
Hoffman's checkerspot butterfly on Oregon sunshine
Modoc Rim

May 19: Highway 58, Willamette & Deschutes National Forests

rain and snow across Odell Lake
Highway 58
gummy gooseberry flower
Odell Lake
skunk cabbage
Forest Road 5810
trillium & lingering snow
Forest Road 5810
tall mountain shooting star
Shelter Cove
low rainbow over Odell Lake & fresh snow on Maklaks Mountain
Shelter Cove
white marsh-marigold
Shelter Cove
Salt Creek Falls
Salt Creek Falls
red-flowered currant & Salt Creek Falls
Salt Creek Falls
Salt Creek Falls
Salt Creek Falls
rusty-hair saxifrage, wet
Salt Creek Falls
Scouler's valerian
Salt Creek Falls
calypso orchid
Salt Creek Falls

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