We drove to the east side of the Teanaway to hike up to Iron Bear today, 6.7 miles round trip with 1,900 ft of gain. There were many wildflowers in bloom. We saw lots of balsamroot and paintbrush.
penstemon and parsley
Larkspur
balsamroot lining the trail
We saw many bitterroot in bloom along the slope of the ridge
View to the west
zoom of Mt Rainier peeking over the clouds
Near the top looking to the east and Joker Mountain
We saw several patches of glacier lilies
balsamroot and a view towards Mount Stuart (hiding in the clouds) near the top
some of the wildflowers we saw in bloom along the trail today:
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