September 25, 2021: Mount Washington (Olympic National Forest, Washington)

A bit late for wildflowers, but this trip was mostly about climbing the mountain. The trail is ridiculously steep, and the summit is a fun scramble.
gray jay
streambank arnica
pearly everlasting
edible thistle
corn lily, going to seed
the trail
leaves of white rhododendron
east side of Mount Ellinor
view south over a scree field
creeping sibbaldia, gone to seed
avalanche or glacier lily seed pods
Alaska club moss
meadow at 4900'
partridgefoot, gone to seed
Sitka mountain-ash berries
talus field above the meadow
harebell
Olympic paintbrush
streambank arnica, going to seed
Flett's ragwort, gone to seed
Oregon sunshine
Oregon sunshine
Lewis' monkeyflower
view toward Lake Cushman
approaching the ridgecrest
view to the southeast
harebells & partridgefoot
crags between Mount Washington & Mount Ellinor
summit of Mount Washington
Olympic Mountains
Mount Washington panorama
Mount Olympus
Olympic rock-mat leaves
Olympic violet leaves
the trail & Lake Cushman
the trail
The Nose
summit ridge, from the east
hikers coming up a chute
Tamiko on the summit ridge
view to the west
view toward Mount Baker
Mount Rainier & Hood Canal
Mount Washington's southwest ridge
view to the north-northeast
ravens
chute on the south side of the summit
young bald eagle
ridge between Mount Washington and Mount Ellinor
Olympic fleabane
spreading phlox, after flowering
American parsley fern (rock-brake)
yellow coral-bells (fuzzy elmera), gone to seed
American alpine lady-fern
Olympic bellflower/harebell, gone to seed
tenacious conifers
beargrass stalks, heather, and huckleberries
The Horn & the trail
west wall of the ravine
Olympic rock-mat, gone to seed
fireweed, gone to seed
the trail
chanterelle-like mushroom
Mount Washington's summit
coastal mugwort/wormwood, going to seed

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