Dog Mtn trail is in good shape, the usual crowds, poison oak, nothing noteworthy. I (obviously) took the More Difficulttrail, and was reworded with abundant saprophytes, lots of Cephalanthera austiniae maybe 5 days from peak bloom, plus some Chorallorhiza. The Balsamorhiza sagittata is just a couple days past peak bloom.
The trail on to Augspurger is also not terribly noteworthy. It obviously and thankfully sees much less traffic. A number of brushy spots; I cut what I could but there's always more. The newish (wishing 5yrs) reroute at Augspurger's summit was a bit confusing, I would have flagged it but conveniently forgot my flagging. Followed the east trail out to the talus for lunch and a view of Hood River. The east trail appears to continue down the slope to the north; it's brushy but the tread for the first bit seemed fairly well built. The north trail appeared to be in decent shape, but didn't have time to follow it very far. Next time I'll try to find the North TH. It'd be great to connect Augspurger to Grassy Knoll trail; only a mile and a bit as the crow flies, maybe 3 trail miles.
Flowers: B. sagittata, C. austiniae, Corallorhiza striata, C. maculata, Castilleja spp., Lupinus spp., Yarrow, Sedum oreganum, Delphinium spp., Vancouveria hexandra, Anemone spp., Achlys triphylla, Trientalis latifolia, Ceanothus integerrimus(?), Rubus parviflorus, Rosa spp., Chimaphila umbellata(?), Aquilegia canadensis, Claytonia spp., Heracleum lanatum, Phlox diffusa, Maianthemum stellatum, Maianthemum racemosum, Viola spp., Streptopus amplexifolius, Clintonia uniflora, Amelanchier alnifolia
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