2021-07-02 Sunrise Ridge Hike
All the hikers are ready to go
View of the Olympic Mountain Range from the trailhead
The hike begins
Our hikers are ready to go
Jane is on her way
Note Gary has one big camera – my camera is smaller
And then there is Jack
The hike begins with up, up, up …
Some of our hikers going up the trail
After the up then we go down
The trail goes on and on
There were flowers all along the way
A very happy hiker
We stop to look back from where we came
There is still some snow on the ground
A good view of the trail with the Olympic Range in the background
Western Wallflower and friends
View of Mt. Angeles 6,454 feet
Downhill section that was hard to traverse – loose rock and no clear trail
We stop to admire the view
Columbia tiger Lily
More flowers – Spreading phlox and Wavyleaf Indian paintbrush
Candle larkspur
The trail is easy to follow
White prairie clover
Garden valerian
Note all the flowers on both sides of the trail
In some of the shady places there was still snow
Gray’s biscuitroot
The road up to Sunrise Ridge
Burt was so anxious to get going he walked out of the picture
Cow parsnip
The Switchback Trail has so many bends even the signpost is curved
The trail back to the parking lot
Narrowleaf onion
Oregon fawn lily
This section of the trail was full of lilies
They carpeted the sides of the trail
It was a pretty day but it was a little hazy
The trail looks like it goes on forever
The views are great in any direction
Off in the distance you can see the trail back to the parking lot
One of the locals
That's all folks
2021-07-02 Sunrise Ridge Hike