Wind River Wilderness--2006

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Below you will find first the wildflowers, then the hiking and camping pictures. This was a 9 day 8 night expedition in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. I express my personal thanks to the Shoshone and Arapahoe tribes of the Wind River Reservation for allowing non-tribal members to purchase a permit to enter the roadless area of their reservation. Part of this trip was on the Wind River Reservation and part of it in the wilderness areas of the Shoshone National Forest.

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Mountain bluebell Mertensia ciliata	Autumn dwarf gentian Gentianella amarella spp. acuta	Platanthera hyperborea or Rein Orchid
Elephant head Pedicularis groenlandica	Compositae Aster or Townsendia or Daisy?	Rose crown Sedum rhodanthum
arctic gentian Colony of these near Hatchet Lk. Gentiana algida	arctic gentian Gentiana algida	False dandelion Agoseris aurantiaca
Indian paintbrush Castilleja miniata	Alpine death camas Zygandenus elegans	American bistort with the universal pollinator Polygonum bistortoides
Dining on American bistort Polygonum bistortoides	ready to go	First trail lunch
W. view Paradise Pass 11200' Mt Gannett, highest peak in WY	First Camp at Steamboat L. very windy	Northern coral root orchid (seed pods) Found in the middle of the trail! Corallorrhiza trifida
Jim fishing Alpine Lk	Bear sign	3 falls en route to BG Lk
William O. Douglas Pk	Camp at BG Lk	View to SW from BG Lk
Hanging the food	Compositae Aster or Townsendia or Daisy?	Brook saxifrage Saxifraga arguta
Elephant head Pedicularis groenlandica	Morning reflections at BG Lk	Reflections at BG Lk
Outlet of BG Lk	Alpine speedwell Veronica alpina	Larkspur Delphinium bicolor
Wintergreen Pyrola sp.	Columbine Aquilegia sp	Lousewort Pedicularis bracteosa
Big fish on the line	Happy angler	Revival and Release
Alpine goldenrod Solidago multiradiata sp.	Blue beard tongue Penstemon procerus	Snow chute at BG Lk.
Wm. O. Douglas Pk	trailside lunch