Joel was right. The Olympic rain shadow is pretty amazing. It was to be sunny & dry.
In need of some time in the mountains, I made a quick trip into the Olympics a couple of weekends ago to hike to the summit of Mt Zion. I left the trail head around 10 am and summited in about an hour. The views from the top were almost entirely clouded out (not quite so on the way up) but I found some calypso orchids along the trail and glacier lily at the summit. The orchid more than made up for the missed panoramic. The snow was almost completely gone, only a couple of spotty patches…
Last weekend I had the good fortune to backpack the High Divide and Sol Duc River trail, enjoy an overnight at Lunch Lake and summit Bogachiel Peak for unobstructed views of Mount Olympus.
With clear weather and field reports of wildflowers in bloom, a friend and I decided to backpack up to Marmot Pass in the Olympics and spend some time shooting photos.
In the post about the Mountaineers’ photography show I referenced two photos I really enjoyed. Jason took both and is kind enough to let me post them.
We saw quite a show on the ride home tonight – even the iPhone gives a sense for the colors and what looked like a sky on fire.
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