12 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Woke up to mostly clear skies, but that all changed by the time we hit the Grassy Knoll trailhead. It was a misty start, but developed into a full-on gale by the time we hit the knoll. Sort of bypassed that, hoping it'd be better on the way back, and continued on northward. The conditions gradually improved, and became downright pleasant after a while. The wildflower show is still far from peaking up there, with many not even leafed out yet, much less coming into bud. But there were scattered patches of pretty nice displays, some made all the better by the downpours. The road into GK is in better shape than I remember from 2-years ago, although still pretty pot-holey in places. No downed trees across it this time, or other paintjob-threatening overgrowth, at least.
Comments
Karl
May 27, 2014
Really just starting up there. This hike starts at about the same elevation as Dog Mountain's summit, and the wildflowers were kicking into gear between 3600-3800'.
JM
May 28, 2014
Cool dafodils!
Karl
May 28, 2014
Kam said one of the old lookout attendants planted those, so they're sorta "feral" I guess. Heh...
Chris
May 27, 2014
Wow—quite the flower display!