Brown Pass

here we are at brown pass looking at some avalanche debris that came

of chapman. Then a view from brown towards the waterton valley and cleveland in the back, more debris from the some avalanche. Then i have a few shots on the way up, here a picture of me and Rita Wirtz, the north fork back country ranger, on the scree bar after we crossed the first snowbirdge. Waterfall

on the climb up, everything is certainly running big and high now! And finally

a look at the waterfall coming out of hole in the wall; we both were wearing big smiles on our faces,

what a glorious day!

north fork flora

 

 

here are some flowers and a shroom seen on the way up to Numa Lookout.

the first was is a fairy slipper, an orchid, the comes a western clematis and a morel looking mushroom: 

high waters receding at hostel

the river waters peeked Wednesday afternoon and have been receding since… so far the temperatures are cool enough to slow things down enough to have a high but not unusually so runoff and keep the river in check… also it’s not quite over yet and still plenty of snow in the high country we will see what happens between now and the fourth of July!