Sauer's Mountain

 Went to the east side of the mountains to hike in the sun this morning. We did the Sauer's Mountain Trail in Pershastin off of Hwy 2. This is a 6 mile round trip hike with 2,000 ft of gain. The trailhead and beginning of the trail are on private property.

 The owner has placed art work along the trail that goes through his property.

 About 0.5 mile up the trail, the trail splits, we chose to go clockwise where there were some nice views of the snow capped peaks in the Enchantments.

 After a short ways, the trail leaves the private property and enters the National Forest.

 Balsomroot was beginning to bloom.

 There was another trail that crossed private property, we stayed off of that trail, and headed to the right, continuing on the main trail.

 Some views along the trail

 There were lots of glacier lilies in bloom today.

 It was too cloudy to see the distant Glacier Peak today.

 Before reaching the logging road, a sign warned of the possibility of active logging.

 The trail continues up on the other side of the logging road.

 We found the short scramble on the left side a bit easier to climb up.

 Shortly after crossing the road, we reached the top of Sauer's Mountain.

 View to the east on the way down the trail.

 we had a very pleasant hike this morning!!!












some of the other wildflowers we saw in bloom along the trail today:

yellow bell

ball headed water leaf

spring beauty (I think)

bluebells