Peak 6735 and Peak 7571 
August 27-28, 2024

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Empetrum nigrum

Monardella odoratissima

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Pinus albicaulis

Lupinus lepidus

Viola sp.

Anaphalis margaritacea

Hiking to Peak 7571

Walking along the slopes of Peak 6735

Mount Ruth
August 21, 2024

View walking up to Mount Ruth

Anaphalis margaritacea

David, Iris, and Winston sampling the slope

The crew descending from Mount Ruth

David, Iris, Payton, and Winston at the top of Mount Ruth (the last peak together of the 2024 season)

Haystack Mountain, Syncline Ridge, and Peak 7293
August 13-15, 2024

Iris and Winston hard at work

Winston and Iris at a peak

Iris and Winston hiking

David surveying the sampling zone

Sampling area with beautiful views

Walking along the ridge

David sampling near a cliff

Looking for plants

Lots of collections!

Elymus violaceus

Heuchera cylindrica (short in height compared to other Heuchera cylindrica collected at other peaks during this project)

Cistanthe umbellata

Chamaenerion latifolium

Kendall Peak
August 8, 2024

Cryptogramma acrostichoides

Iris filling out summit registry

View of peak

Iris and Winston heading up the trail

Sedum divergens

Iris and Winston on the peak

Cape Horn/ Ladies Peak
July 30-31, 2024

Pedicularis contorta

Castilleja elmeri

Dasiphora fruticosa

Eriogonum umbellatum

Bistorta bistortoides

Anemone occidentalis

Packera streptanthifolia

Phyllodoce empetriformis

David on top of Cape Horn

Payton and Winston sampling on Ladies Peak

Iris, Payton, and Winston backpacking to the trailhead from Lake Edna

Winston, Iris, and Payton on top of Ladies Peak

Winston, Iris, and Payton descending from Ladies Peak

Nelson Ridge Peak 7537
July 24, 2024

Phlox diffusa

Penstemon rupicola

Erigeron aureus

Abies lasiocarpa

View of Peak 7537

Eriogonum ovalifolium

Payton recording a plant discovered by Winston

Mount Aix with wildfire behind it

David sampling the slope

Mount Baldy and Nelson Ridge NE
July 15-16, 2024

Sunset from camp with Mount Baldy in the foreground

Spot Winston!

Sedum rupicola

Lupinus sulphureus

Pinus albicaulis

David, Payton, and Iris on the trail

David, Winston, and Iris on the trail

View from the Mount Baldy summit

Camp set up

Small Fortune Peak
​July 10, 2024

Hard at work digging up plants

Iris sitting for lunch break

Crew walking along peak

Heuchera cylindrica

View from campground

Pressing plants at the end of the day

Fortune Peak
​July 1, 2024

Claytonia megarhiza

Pinus albicaulis

Saxifraga cespitosa

View from the top of Fortune Peak

Iris and Payton on the way up Fortune Peak

Payton at the very top of the peak

David searching for plants

Peak 6708
​August 31, 2022

Solidago multiradiata.

From left, Phoebe Smurthwaite, David Giblin and Sophia Ronan, looking for plants.

From left, Sophia Ronan, Brielle Canares, Phoebe Smurthwaite.

Chinook Peak
August 24, 2022

Chinook Peak.

Pinus albicaulis becoming established in the alpine zone.

Part of the sample area of the peak.

View of Mt. Rainier from the summit.

Clark Peak
August 18, 2022

From left, Phoebe Smurthwaite and David Giblin, recording plant observations.

David Giblin collecting on North-facing slope.

Eremogone capillaris.

Middle Tiffany Mountain
August 17, 2022

From left, Phoebe Smurthwaite and David Giblin.

David Giblin surveying the area for plants.

From left, Phoebe Smurthwaite and Brielle Canares, atop Middle Tiffany Mountain.

Sedum lanceolatum.

Saxifraga austromontana. 

Alta Mountain
August 10, 2022

North-facing view from the summit.

Abies lasiocarpa with uncharacteristically downturned cones.

Sophia Ronan making a collection.

David Giblin, Sophia Ronan, and Brielle Canares surveying the ridge of the peak.

Luetkea pectinata.

Hawkins Mountain
​July 27, 2022

View from the summit of Hawkins Mountain.

The approach to Hawkins Mountain.

Epilobium clavatum.

The summit of Hawkins Mountain.

Sophia Ronan on the ridge line.

Eriogonum ovalifolium.

Bills Peak
July 26, 2022

Aquilegia flavescens.

Bills Peak summit from the ridge line.​

David Giblin noting species found on the east side of the mountain. The distribution resembled a miniature alpine meadow.

Samantha Lieberman (left) and Sophia Ronan (right) collecting on the summit.

View from the summit facing north.

Saxifraga austromontana.

Judi's Peak
​July 20, 2022

The view from Judi's Peak.

Polemonium pulcherrimum.

Saxifraga cespitosa.

Brielle Canares (left) and Sophia Ronan (right) at the summit.

Sophia Ronan and Brielle Canares collecting at the summit.

The ridge line of Judi's Peak.

Iron Peak
July 7, 2022

From left: Samantha Lieberman, Brielle Canares, Sophia Ronan, and Tony Cavalieri at the trailhead.

View to the North from the summit of Iron Peak.

Douglasia nivalis.

Claytonia megarhiza.

Lunch break at the summit.

Snow fields on the ridge line of Iron Peak.

Mary's Peak
July 6, 2022

Penstamen sp. & Astragalus sp.

From left: David Giblin, Brielle Canares, Sophia Ronan, and Samantha Lieberman at the summit of Mary's Peak.

Myriopteris sp.

Ridgeline to the South of the Mary's Peak summit.

Sophia Ronan near the summit of Mary's Peak.

Phacelia sericea.

Freedom Peak
July 5, 2022

Lewisia columbiana.

View to the South at the summit of Freedom Peak.

From left: David Giblin, Brielle  Canares, Sophia Ronan, and Samantha Lieberman at the summit of Freedom Peak.

Allium crenulatum.

From left: Brielle Canares, Sophia Ronan, Samantha Lieberman, and Gary Brill at the trailhead.

Potentilla tweedyi.

Bean Peak
June 29, 2022

From left: Samantha Lieberman, Sophia Ronan, and Brielle Canares at the trailhead.

Northern view from the summit of Bean Peak.

Erysimum sp.

David Giblin and Sophia Ronan identifying a plant.

Samantha Lieberman and David Giblin collecting plant tissue.

North-facing view from the ridge line.

2021