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Since Summit Lake is one of the best areas to see fields of Erythronium (avalanche lily) in the Rainier area, we decided to check it out yesterday. A couple of little birds told us the flowers were in full bloom, and they were so right!  DH, Elizabeth, and I headed out early in the truck to get up the rather nasty forest service road before it was crowded. The hike up to the lake is a nice forest-y climb, but up at the lake itself is absolutely stellar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started out cloudy and breezy, and we thought we wouldn’t get a good view of Rainer today, that the wildflowers would be worth it though. It was a bonus day, because while we were up on the ridge the clouds blew away and Rainier was spectacular, as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was so much in bloom, it was sensory overload. I’ve never hiked the loop up the ridge that goes all the way around the lake, and that’s where the flowers were. Erythronium by the acre, paintbrush, penstemon, lupine, sedum, aster, the list goes on and on.\u00a0 It wasn’t too crowded, and there were NO mosquitoes out yet.\u00a0 An absolutely stellar day \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of photos, because this is one of those places that Mother Nature loves to paint beautiful scenes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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lupine along the trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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dodecatheon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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paintbrush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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erythronium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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lupine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mt. Rainier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bearhead Mtn (left) and Mt. Rainier (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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penstemon davidsonii<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coplay Lake below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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light changed briefly for this spectactular blue at Summit Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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fields of erythronium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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amazing erythronium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Summit Lake showing off its blue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Summit Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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