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| Trail Ascending to Sunrise |
Apologies, this post was lost. It is one of the last posts about my third leg of the trip, from White River Campground to Sunrise. It should follow "
Views of the Mountain".
As we climbed out of the trees, suddenly we were hiking through fields of flowers. At first, there were only a select few flowers alongside the trail, then larger patches, followed by small meadows between the trees. Finally, we were walking through fields of flowers, of many different varieties. All busily being pollinated by bees, flies and other small insects.
Although I am no expert in flowers, I did find a handout from the Park Service that did a very good job of identifying the flowers of Sunrise. The pamphlet "Subalpine Wildflowers" contains many color pictures about many more flowers than we saw that day.
As far as I can tell, though, the brochure is not available online. As of this writing, though, it is still available at the park.
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| Indian Paintbrush |
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| Subalpine Daisy |
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| Broadleaf Arnica? |
Although I am no expert in flowers, I did find a handout from the Park Service that did a very good job of identifying the flowers of Sunrise. The pamphlet "Subalpine Wildflowers" contains many color pictures about many more flowers than we saw that day. 
