This is an excellent early season loop hike with plenty of elevation. This was a Peninsula Wilderness Club hike. I have posted about this trip before so I will be short with the description. If you haven't done this one yet, what are you waiting for?
Mueller Creek crossingEntering the meadowsView from meadowsRest breakView from our rest breakClimbing through the mist.Climbing through the mist.Climbing through the mist.Probably, no, it was - the biggest damn mushroom I've ever seen. And it was in such an unlikely place.Probably, no, it was - the biggest damn mushroom I've ever seen. And it was in such an unlikely place.Climbing through the mist.Climbing through the mist. Tyler Peak in view.Climbing through the mist. Tyler Peak in view.Looking out along the ridge line going towards BaldyClimbing through the mist.Climbing through the mist.Climbing through the mist. Tyler Peak in view.Climbing through the mist.Summit BenchmarkMisty MountainsMisty MountainsA sucker hole opened upLooking back towards Tyler PeakLooking back towards Tyler Peak. You can barely see the stragglers near the center as they come down through the cloud.Heading up BaldyLooking back to the Baldy false Summit. You can barely see Abbey and her dog making their way across on the low spot of the ridge.Summit floraSummit floraSummit SelfieBaldy summit group shotThen the sun came out for a few minutes. Everyone was happy.Baldy summitLooking out to the Royal Basin drainageThe man and his mountains - Bob DormaierSome of the most colorful paintbrush I've seen this year.Takings Bob's route down the ridge above the Maynard Burn Trail.Allotropa virgata - Candy Cane, Sugar Stick, Candy Stick. A parasitic plant related to the Indian Pipe, the Snow Plant, and the other species in the subfamily Monotropoideae of the heath family, Ericaceae http://botany.org/Parasitic_Plants/Allotropa_virgata.php
Hi Teresa. Nice catch. It was actually July 10th 2016. I’m a little behind in posting some stuff. Hopefully I’ll be adding a lot more trips I’ve done over the last year or so very soon.
Excellent photos, Jay! Thank you for sharing! Your date is July 26. Is that correct? Inspired! 🙂
Hi Teresa. Nice catch. It was actually July 10th 2016. I’m a little behind in posting some stuff. Hopefully I’ll be adding a lot more trips I’ve done over the last year or so very soon.