Category: Prairie Mountain

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)

Prairie Mtn. (700 m elev. gain)

Winston (3 yrs) and friend on Prairie Mtn. early in the new year.

Kona with Moose Mtn. in background.

Winston with peaks to west behind.

Mt. Fisher (3053 m), one of the highest peaks in the area, to the west, showing two cliff band down-climbs on the normal scramble ascent ridge.

“Brocken Spectre” on the summit of Mt. Fisher from Kona’s “Dad’s” hike a few years back.

Artistic impression in progress of view to south from Prairie Mtn. – Forgetmenot Mtn. in foreground.

Prairie Mountain (700 m elev. gain)

Kona Prairie Mtn

Kona on Prairie Mtn. after an unexpected late October winter blast of snow.

Kona Deer

One of three young deer on the trail on way up; also saw them at the same spot on the way down.

Kona Prairie

View to north of Moose Mountain.

Kona Moose Mountain

Kona on Moose Mountain in whiteout conditions in early October the day before it was closed due to Grizzly feeding on a kill near the approach trail. This early snow subsequently melted completely away before the more recent snowfall.