6.4 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain •
After seeing a few trip reports on the area, we decided to visit in the rain on Saturday to check on the flowers. We saw less people than are usually here on sunny days. We meant to make this a longer loop by going out to Catherine Creek, but, we missed the turn. So, we hiked at an easy pace, stopping to enjoy the clouds and flowers. Just a few flowers were blooming at this time, beside grass widows. We saw shooting stars, larkspur, a few balsamroot, two types of desert parsley, prairie stars, yellow bells, and a few that we were unfamiliar with. My husband took many great photos of the flowers! Afterwards, we drove down to Catherine Creek and walked around the short paved trail. We saw a few camas lilies in bloom in that area.
