Tuesday’s walk through alpine meadows (altitude between 2100 and 2260 metres) produced a feast of wildflowers and hundreds of images. Already shown was the Pink Mountain Heather; here are a few more.
The Harebell was easy to identify as it is also found in the valleys.
Although distributed over a range, the average altitude for the Yellow Columbine is about 1900 metres.
The striking seed head of the Western Anemone has earned many nicknames: towheaded baby, old man of the mountains, hippy on a stick, shaggy head, moptop.
A Leafy Aster is being visited by a bumble bee (Bombus melanopygus).
A Sitka Valerian is visited by a checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas anicia ssp).
On the approach to the trail through the alpine flowers, a Red-tailed Hawk sat atop an Engelmann Spruce—replete with cones—as if it were the guardian of Elysium.
WOW ! ! What an especially exotic page, Alistair.