Muller Ridge Trail from Kloshe Nanitch Lookout
The Muller Ridge Trail was in fog this day. Lots of photos of fungus in the forest and flowers in the foggy ridgeline meadows.
Camp tarp without hiking pole support; Fairholm Campground
Rinde de'Range served on a bed of moss; Fairholm Campground
Fanny floating in a foray of fungal finery; Fairholm Campground
Tiny yellow mushroom bloom in a log end; Fairholm Campground
Verde rolling a log to find elements for a new opera; Fairholm Campground
On the one hand...; Fairholm Campground
Forest in fog; near the start of the Muller Ridge Trail
Gate closing the road to the cell towers; approaching the Muller Ridge Trail
Sign at the western beginning of the "official" Muller Ridge Trail
Wonky Woodpecker; Muller Ridge Trail
Wonky Woodpecker (full view): After the crash!; Muller Ridge Trail
Li Che was determined to halt the advancing Moss settlement; Muller Ridge Trail
Paintbrush blooming on ridge top, south-slope meadows; Muller Ridge Trail
Fog-shrouded meadow; Muller Ridge Trail
Mike stretching in a south sloping meadow; Muller Ridge Trail
This is a little-used route; Muller Ridge Trail
Paintbrush enlivening a clear-day vista site; Muller Ridge Trail
Flamboyant wood and a fog-enshouded vista; Muller Ridge Trail
Mike in a meadow points out the vista toward the lofty heights of the Olympic Mountains; Muller Ridge Trail
Subtle colours in a lush and wet forest; Muller Ridge Trail
Lichen on a limb; Muller Ridge Trail
Mountain meadow fronts an obscured Muller Ridge; Muller Ridge Trail
Water droplets on a stalk of flowers; Muller Ridge Trail
Glimpse of Lake Crescent on our descent; Muller Ridge Trail
Closer to Muller Ridge clouds cling; Muller Ridge Trail
Flowering log; Muller Ridge Trail
Paintbrush flower detail; Muller Ridge Trail
Veined flower close up; Muller Ridge Trail
Kernel corn fungus - view 1; Muller Ridge Trail
Kernel corn fungus - second view; Muller Ridge Trail
Mike marching through a high meadow of blooming red paintbrush; Muller Ridge Trail
Lake Crescent appears briefly from a Muller Ridge meadow
Log with button-like Jelly fungus: Muller Ridge Trail
Button-like Jelly fungus; Muller Ridge Trail
Spamork El-trunk; Muller Ridge Trail
Smiley McHart; wood fungus along the Muller Ridge Trail
Sobbing Lydia; Muller Ridge Trail
Crab-like Lichen; Muller Ridge Trail
Floyd rarely left his shell and was seldom pleased about it; Muller Ridge Trail
Intricate Lichen with mustard-coloured mushrooms; Muller Ridge Trail
"Witches' Butter" Jelly fungus; Muller Ridge Trail
"Witches' Butter" Jelly fungus - 2; Muller Ridge Trail
Alas, back near the lookout, the sun returned for our drive home; Muller Ridge Trail