A view southwest from the Skyline Trail #385 across clear cuts and burned areas towards Logan Valley. The Steens Mountain can also be seen from this location, which is about 2 miles from the trailhead at an elevation of 7030'............May 28, 2014.
This trail was hiked from the eastern trailhead at the end of FS Road #101 off Grant County Road #62. Although steep in places, and not commonly hiked or ridden (horseback), the trail is open to the top of the ridge where at about 2 miles, one begins encountering blow down across the trail. The first mile offers views south to Summit Prairie while the top of the ridge at about the 2 mile mark offers sweeping views of Logan Valley and views south to the Steens Mountain many miles to the south.
Weather: Temps in the 30s with squalls of light snow and sleet interspersed with sunny skies. Winds light except into the 20s with the squalls.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis
Noble Fir: Abies procera
Western Larch: Larix occidentalis
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta
Western White Pine: Pinus monticola
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii
* Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri - Just beginning to bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - In bud.
Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia - At trailhead.
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium (nuttallianum var. nuttallianum ?)
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - In bud.
* Steer's Head: Dicentra uniflora
* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii (var. retrofracta ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Sticky Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa - In bud.
* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera
* Smooth Prairiestar: Lithophragma glabrum
Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia (var. ?)
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum
Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. pseudorupestris
Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?)
* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca
* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum
Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Beginning to bloom.
* Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata
Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium (membranaceum ?)
* Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium
Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii ?
Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina - In bud.
* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha - Beginning to bloom.
Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Valerian: Valeriana sp. - In bud.
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula
Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericamaeria nauseosa (ssp. ?)
Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
Hawkweed: Hieracium sp.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Coopers Hawk/Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Raven
Northern Flickers
Hairy Woodpecker
Stellers Jay - feather
Western Wood Peewees
Mountain Bluebirds
Swainson's Thrush
Chipping Sparrows
Fox Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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