Wonderful wildflower show and scenery on this one! I've included 5min of video highlights below..
Crowds: by starting the hike at 7am, we saw very few others but by 11am the parking lot was overflowing
Bugs: some mosquitoes.. deet worked fine
WIldflowers: pasqueflower seed pods, heather, ash, penstemon, Columbia Lilies, avalanche lilies, arnica, spirea, larkspur, cusicks speedwell, lupine, stonecrop and more that I've forgotten. South facing half of loop is at peak bloom; North facing section should be at peak bloom over the next 14 days.
Trees: yellow cedar, sub-alpine fir, mtn hemlock, grand fir and Pacific silver fir
Road & Trail: no issues at all
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