The Balsamroot and just starting to bloom, and mostly buds on the upper slopes, but are very full on the lower slopes. Trailhead was about 3/4 full at 10am on a sunny Tuesday. People were all being mostly courteous both in the parking lot and on trail. All in all, a lot better than I had expected after hearing horror stories about crowds, plus the new implementation of a weekend permit system.
In the woods there were some Chocolate Lilies and Calypso Orchids, we also spotted a woodpecker and some Douglas squirrels. Watch for poison oak on the first 0.6 mile, the path is plenty wide enough to avoid it. The upper 2.4 miles do not have any poison oak.
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