On Mount Thynne, Part Two
Mt. Thynne has some of the best wildflower meadows of the area and a hike at the end of June or early July is a must-do route for anyone who enjoys a moderate hike in the subalpine. Some more photos of wildflowers photographed (A Wildflower Journal) along the route are featured here.
potentilla (sp.?)
Western spring beauty (claytonia lanceolata) flowers were abundant, always a welcome sight.
White pasqueflower (pulsatilla occidentalis) was just coming into bloom at this elevation (2000+ m).
While rockcress is being reorganized by botanists, we can just acknowledge this beautiful flower found in the alpine. My best guess is Boechera lyallii.
Valerian was already in bloom at lower elevations, but just starting to open up in the subalpine.
There were several types of saxifrage in bloom along the route, including micranthes occidentalis.
A few shooting stars (dodecatheon pulchellium sp.) were in a protected meadow at the edge of the subalpine zone.
Stonecrop was not yet if flower on rocky open ridges.
We spotted these yellow-orange arnica high on the mountain across the valley on July Mountain too.
Bluish spreading phlox was abundant on rocky slopes.
And forget-me-nots graced the trailside at various points in lower elevations.
Hiking Mt. Thynne at this time of the year is an moving immersion in wildflowers experience, to be repeated next year.
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