We hiked to the top of Mad Dog Mountain in the Marble Range.    The route follows backroads to a trailhead which also leads to Lime Ridge.    The Mad Dog Trail branches off and climbs through an old burn to the summit.

The hike was in mid-June last year and along the route route were a number of wildflowers, a few of which are shared here.

Columbine (Aquilegia sp.)

Agoseris

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Yellow draba

Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.)

Anemone

Click a photo for an ID.   All photos taken by the author. 

On the way back down we wound through the burn and down the trail to the start, a 10 km return hike.

We hike into the Marble Range in June or July each year, enjoying the karst landscape and the summer wildflowers.