I am very happy I found the mountain fairy slippers! I missed them on the way up, but stopped to look at the honeysuckle on the way down and that's where the fairy slippers were. I was definitely looking in the wrong spots on the way up since I'm used to the much smaller Pacific fairy slippers. I also came across a phantom orchid! It was not blooming, but still a treat to see, along with several coralroot. The balsamroot is mostly gone, most the the lupine is just past peak, but still gorgeous. Tolmie star tulips everywhere!
One very disappointing thing was seeing a very large group of mormon missionaries (they were all wearing their name-tags) going up, several of them cutting a switchback, one person picked flowers (and I did say something to him, but probably fell on deaf ears).
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