We hiked to the summit of July Mountain in the Coquihalla Summit area and took lots of photos along the way. Wildflowers were numerous, including some varieties we don’t often see. A few are featured here in a gallery. … Continue reading →
We hiked to the summit of July Mountain in the Coquihalla Summit area and took lots of photos along the way. Wildflowers were numerous, including some varieties we don’t often see. A few are featured here in a slideshow. … Continue reading →
Some of the other wildflowers featured in this post include pink agoseris, yellow agoseris, small-flowered penstemon, orange agoseris, tiger lily, hellebore, jacob’s ladder, buckwheat, sedum, and saxifrage. [metaslider id=2537] The 3 types of agoseris are some … Continue reading →
Every summer we take the chairlift at Sun Peaks up to mid-station to hike the upper part of the mountain. We enjoy hiking up the Headwalls route to Crystal Bowl to the top, then we wind through trails toward the … Continue reading →
We hiked up the forested slopes of Mt. Embleton then down the open ridges. Along the way were a few summer wildflowers. In the forest and through the cutblock were the usual plants like arnica, yarrow, lupine, daisies and asters, … Continue reading →
We hiked up to the top of Yak Peak in the Coquihalla Summit area and took a number of photos along the way, some of which are featured in this video: (Link for subscribers.)
Continue reading →On a hike from the trailhead to the top of the mountain we passed from a wet montane forest to a subalpine forest to subalpine meadows to alpine ridges. The treeline was about 2050 m. In the protected cirque below … Continue reading →
We hiked from the Trophy Mountain trailhead to the summit of the peak going from wet montane forest to subalpine forest to subalpine meadows and finally up alpine ridges. The alpine meadows are extensive on Trophy Mountain. We hiked to … Continue reading →
We hiked from the trailhead of the Trophy Mountain Trail to the summit in July, passing through several habitats. The first two kilometers went through wet montane forests to subalpine forests. We took photos along the way and some are … Continue reading →
Aristida purpurea is an uncommon grass in the Kamloops area. It is much more common in the south Okanagan but you do occasionally come across it in our area. It grows on coarse-textured or rocky soils often on steep slopes … Continue reading →
In June we start to hike into the subalpine zone, mostly to the 2000m level, particularly of there are meadows along the way. One of those hikes was into the Cornwall Hills, captured into this video: Another hike went into … Continue reading →
On a recent trip to Penticton to meet up with a group of people interested in mosses and liverworts, I came across Hedwigia ciliata growing on a rock outcrop south of Penticton. Although it is not rare, it is an … Continue reading →
