Lookout Mountain

Summit at left, about 1/4 mile to go. Looking east.

Summit and site of former fire lookout structure. Looking west.
Mt. Hood in the background. Yarrow in the foreground.

As we begin August, our hot, dry summer continues and the quest for wildflowers grows more challenging! On this outing, we made our way to Lookout Mountain near Mt. Hood and the Badger Creek Wilderness. It's a former fire lookout site at 6,525 feet and has beautiful views in all directions. The weather was sunny, warm and very dry. The hike is a 2.5 mile loop through mountain meadows, some forest, and a few rocky areas. Many of the flowers had already bloomed, but we did find a few new ones, shown in this post.

Alpine Aster (Aster alpigenus var. haydenii)  Native.

Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Native.

Sulfur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) Native.

Parry's Catchfly (Silene parryi) Native.

Lyall's Goldenweed (Tonestus lyallii) Native.

Skyrocket (Ipomopsis aggreagata) Native.
Noted by Lewis and Clark

Matchbrush/Snakeweed (Gutierraezia sarothrae). Native
Noted by Lewis and Clark

We found one small patch of Lupine still blooming.

TBD. Probable Asteraceae.

Probable: Rydberg's Penstemon (Penstemon rydbergii) Native.

Green False Hellebore (Veratum viride) Native. Look at the
size of these bog plants!

Detail of Green False Hellebore flowers. They
really are green!

Gairdner's Yampah (Perideridia gairdneri) Native.

Stalked-Pod Crazyweed (Oxytropis podocarpa). Flowers are
a bit spent; hope to replace this photo next year!