14 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain •
This loop never gets old.
Ok, it may be getting a little old. I might head up there one more time to check on some stuff later this month. But here's the flower low-down:
balsamroot: gangbusters on the top of Coyote Wall and in small pockets throughout the Labrynth camas: everywhere on Catherine Creek syncline, stunning! lupine: another week or two desert parsley: prime, on the way out chocolate orchids: dense pockets in places, sporadic in others shooting stars: mostly flamed out, a few good pockets on Catherine Creek syncline lots of other stuff: good and getting better
We started from the Catherine Creek TH, hiked up the east side of Tracy Hill, crossed the creek at our favorite crossing spot up high, hiked Atwood Road to the top of Coyote Wall, nearly blew away along the Wall, dropped into Little Maui, crossed over into the Labrynth, climbed back up to Atwood Road and then x-c'd it down the Catherine Creek syncline back to the car.
