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Prairie Mtn. (700m elev. gain)

Kona on Prairie Mtn. in mid-June, Moose Mtn. in clouds behind.

Early Yellow / Field Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris)

Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis alpestris)

Cutleaf Daisy / Fleabane (Erigeron compositus)

White Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala)

Northern Sweetvetch (hedysarum boreale)

Mountain Meadow Cinquefoil (Potentilla diversifolia)

Mountain / Bering Chickweed (Cerstium beeringianum)

Alpine Milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus) maybe

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)

Heartleaf Arnica (Arnica cordifolia)

Fringed Bluebell (Mertensia ciliata) or Tall Bluebell (Mertensia paniculata)

Paget Fire Lookout (510m elev. gain)

Kona at the lookout in mid-June – view up Lake O’Hara valley with, l. to r.: Mts. Victoria North, Huber, Wiwaxy, Biddle and Schaffer in the distance.

View down Kickinghorse Valley toward Field. BC and Mt. Stephen.

Cathedral Mtn. and Cathedral Crags.

yellow Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

Early Blue Violet (Viola adunca)

Western or Few-flowered Anemone maybe

White Dryad / White Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala)

Wind Tower (1,000 m elev. gain)

Kona on Wind Tower, early June just before trail closure for Kananaskis G7 Summit. Mount Lougheed Peak 1 behind with Mount Allan at left and Mt. Sparrowhawk at right.

Three Sisters and Rimwall Summit.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) on upper slopes.

Alpine skycress (American smelowskia)

Wild Strawberry on lower trail to Wind Pass.

View of steep north face of Wind Tower from Gap Lake, Mt. Lougheed Peak 1 at left.

Kent Ridge (706 m elev. gain)

Kona (12 yrs) approaching one of the false summits at end of May, 7:45am, +10C to avoid the expected +30C daytime temperature. No snow on entire trail.