On our first day of hiking, we started at the the Bear Lake trailhead and headed to Alberta Falls, the most photographed waterfall in the park.
Then on to Loch Vale. It must be mentioned that the glaciers played a big part in carving out the deep valleys that created the many lakes in the park.
Here we are approaching Mills Lake, our final destination of the day.
And Mills Lake.
On day 2, we hiked a trail led us first to Fern Lake, and then on to Odessa Lake. This was probably the most memorable hike for me as a native plant enthusiast because of the abundant and interesting wildflowers on the trail. On one stretch alone, I was able to identify 5 different types of orchids! Below is a close up of the tiny blossoms of the white bog orchid.
Here we are at Fern Lake.
The trail that continued on to Odessa Lake was very shady and moist, and it was pure delight to take my time to stop and photograph the many small plants that lived in that habitat. Here is a heartleaf twayblade orchid.
Here we are at Odessa Lake.
This was a long day and a long hike. Probably about 9 miles round trip with quite a bit of elevation gain. On top of that, it rained on us a bit on our way back down. Fortunately, that was the only rain that we had to contend with that week. More on the trip in the next post.
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