Heading out on the trail:
I hiked up to Garnet Canyon, following the climbers--with a slower pace because of their heavy packs, I actually stayed with them for quite a while! I got behind when I came to a beautiful flower garden and had to take some photos.
Penstemon:
Giant Hyssop or Horsemint:
Coneflower; the bees were crazy over coneflower:
Paintbrush, Harebell, and Pearly Everlasting; another patriotic garden!
Those orange moths sure do like the pearly...
I finally caught back up to them just as they were leaving their lunch stop. I had to rest as well, so they had to go on.
What a splash of color up in this rocky world!
My trail ended at Garnet Creek, where there was a huge boulder field--we're talking car-sized boulders! I climbed through the first one to a little alpine meadow. This is Middle Teton; the Grand is out of sight at this point. You can also see a volcanic dike, streaking up the middle of Middle.
You can see how Alpine Fireweed grows a little differently than in the photo above.
Raspberry bushes at 10,000'?
More Buckwheat
Along Garnet Creek, Bistort and Sedge-grass...
...and Red-Stemmed Saxifrage.
I talked to Warren on our small radios--they had already gotten to their camp and were getting set up. I decided I didn't want to cross any more boulder fields, especially with a rain-storm eminent, so I headed back down. I took my time getting down, picking huckleberries along the way.
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