On a recent hike along the Slab Camp Trail out of Deer Park in the Olympic National Forest, we found that there was a lot of Olympic Onion in bloom. I had hiked this trail a number of times, but not usually this early in the season. I was delighted to see that the Olympic Onion was quite widespread in places. (see hillside below) I was pleased especially since these are not far from a very popular car campground and I was afraid that campers may have harvested many of them.
Walking through fields of lupine up in the high country is one of my favorite things. It’s especially nice when it’s not wet and overgrowing the trail. Then your boots get wet … and usually your socks. It can be uncomfortable the rest of the day. Fortunately, this was dry and away from the trail. Another close up “panorama”.
Most of the white flowers here are American Bistort with one or two strays mixed in.
This was taken on the High Divide trail in Olympic National Park.
I was up on Dodger Point in the Olympic National Park in June when all the Avalance Lilies were in bloom. It was amazing. I’m not concerned about having a lot of other folks heading up there and having the meadow distroyed by wildflower fans. Currently it’s a 18 mile hike to get to this location, and 10 miles of that is a continuous uphill … not really steep, but just continual up.
This is one of the spring flowers I enjoy out in the woods. A fairly common plant, I had been calling it “Twin Flower”. So I was a little surprised when I found that I was wrong after all this time. (and glad to correct myself before posting it out there on the internet) And I like that especially since I have a part of my family tree that were Hookers….
These were found up on Dodger Point in the Olympic National Park. You only need to hike 18 miles or so (29 km) most of which is uphill (that’s one way). And you don’t have a way to check ahead of time to see what flowers are blooming. They’re one of my favorites and this was a pretty nice sized patch.