Horsethief Butte, Catherine Creek
Jan 10, 2009
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Feb 18, 2010 02:55 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Horsethief Butte
- Region: South Cascades -- Columbia Gorge
- Agency: Washington State Parks and Recreation
- Avg Rating: 2.50
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Catherine Creek
- Region: South Cascades -- Columbia Gorge
- Agency: USFS Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Mount Adams Ranger District
- Avg Rating: 3.00
- Why You Should Go Now
- Wildflowers blooming
Grass Widow blooming at Catherine Creek 10 Jan 2009. Photo by Susan Saul
We made a loop cross-country hike around Horsethief Butte and then stopped at Catherine Creek and hiked the paved loop trail. A week before, both areas had been under snow but were bare on Jan. 10. At Horsethief Butte we found the first Salt and Pepper (Lomatium piperi)in bloom. At Catherine Creek, I counted around 8 Grass Widows (Sisyrinchium douglasii) in bloom visible from the paved trail.
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Salt and Pepper blooming at Horsethief Butte 10 Jan 2009. Photo by Bev Linde
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