{"id":2054,"date":"2017-07-21T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T15:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2017-07-21T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T15:32:08","slug":"silver-star-mountain-flower-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/21\/silver-star-mountain-flower-bonanza\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Star Mountain Flower Bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greg and I braved the godawful Road 4109 to access the north trailhead on Silver Star Mountain on July 9. We&#8217;re glad we did, but it&#8217;s the last time we&#8217;ll take our car on that road. More on that at the end of the post.<\/p>\n<p>We did our usual hike: follow the old road up for a mile (the hiking trail that parallels it for a short bit isn&#8217;t nearly as scenic) then pick up Ed&#8217;s Trail. The flowers were totally glorious:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4297\/36053967895_d82132820a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4321\/35664218570_fa50faf0e7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4312\/35883352082_4af1da980f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger lilies\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4304\/35919818481_8d0b19cf59_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4324\/35214011464_5a8c39df19_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4318\/36054090985_9c7cc413a1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4293\/36054085465_a9c44a4456_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4326\/35882629892_a5f10f8af3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4291\/35214364744_b190eee143_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4320\/36054522915_4f2c111d7d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The views weren&#8217;t too shabby:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4320\/36054157165_b4a843a47d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4313\/35245157223_babf0f2f2c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4296\/35245231553_7a96c56a52_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4301\/35664789960_6fe544d980_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ed&#8217;s Trail connects back up with the old road, which we followed to the summit:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4318\/36012454556_7c118a2c72_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4304\/35245311203_93e63ab40a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4323\/35664881220_6df617e882_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4307\/35883125482_5736105f64_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Goat Rocks and Mt. Adams:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4322\/36012449326_556905280f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Hood:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4318\/35245363623_7737f20695_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Jefferson and the Three Sisters:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4308\/35664882960_dfd2d78d23_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Smoke from the Dry Creek Fire near Trout Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4329\/35920484081_5166ea41f2_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hike back down via the old road was spectacular, with lots of wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4309\/35883150122_65f2f4f6ab_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4291\/36012510476_bdaec22ed8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4315\/35920602051_d86d5078c7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4301\/36054726035_763501ced7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4312\/36012562256_073628481e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4327\/36012558096_872279462f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4303\/35215002184_e6289119c3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4307\/35883338932_6e52b06130_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4305\/35883336212_b4f0b818fd_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4298\/35883333382_edd6e1874a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Star Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One last view of Mt. Hood before the trail drops down to the trailhead:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4328\/35883351082_53d6102266_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. Hood\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video of the hike:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/710e-tWLsaM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see at the very end of that video some footage we took driving back down Road 4109. This road has always been awful, but it&#8217;s gotten really bad. High clearance vehicles are required, preferably AWD\/4WD for some steep sections where it&#8217;s hard to get traction when going so slow. My theory is that the Forest Service deliberately doesn&#8217;t maintain this road in order to keep the crowds down and protect the fragile meadows, but I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s true. Next year we&#8217;ll start from the Grouse Vista Trailhead on the other side of the mountain. It means a MUCH longer hike to get to the wildflowers, but at least the drive will be easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg and I braved the godawful Road 4109 to access the north trailhead on Silver Star Mountain on July 9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/21\/silver-star-mountain-flower-bonanza\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Silver Star Mountain Flower Bonanza<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[187,161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}