Church Creek — Thursday, Jun. 2, 2022

The road to the upper trailhead is still blocked by downed trees. Work is being done as we were able to drive 0.5 ml up it and park on side of road. This takes you past the steepest part and estimated at 1.5-2 mls road walk to trailhead. There are still about 25 trees across the road. Easy to get around on foot and did a bit of pruning on our way up. Nice to see 2 very large bear scat on the walk up and trees struck by lightning (see pics). Trail was in great condition one tree to easily climb over and did a bit of trail clearing of the downed branches. Just below the saddle we hit a large snow field and decided this was a good turn around spot as our turn around time was approaching. Prior to this we passed several smaller fields which are starting to melt out.  Saw many flowers and more coming marsh marigold, calypso orchids,avalanche lilies, false lily of the valley,trillium, and more. Also saw several patches of slime mold!