{"id":2819,"date":"2019-06-14T14:12:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2019-06-25T16:42:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T16:42:50","slug":"grizzly-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/grizzly-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzly Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>This morning we got up really early and drove south to Ashland to have breakfast at Morning Glory:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041149587_e7cc7cfa2b_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonhikers.org\/field_guide\/Grizzly_Peak_Hike\">Grizzly Peak<\/a> for a hike. It was pretty cloudy when we started:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036936848_cff0e1836a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail heads uphill through the trees:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036892306_5aa9eb25de_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036932858_7aa4a2fe08_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This first stretch through the forest had a whole bunch of trillium, more than we&#8217;ve ever seen on one hike before:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036997732_7503efa7d0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036890691_bae11b398d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036932263_3ba827d69e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also saw some wild ginger:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036996562_9e2a26a7b7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also saw some fairy slipper:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036891186_a9f46bcf74_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail started passing through some meadows:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036993512_1049257527_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036886041_bf24185182_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The true summit is anticlimactic:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036992917_190e19e6df_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036887346_07267c95ef_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately there are great views to be soon enough. The trail enters an area burned in a 2002 fire and the views start opening up:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48036928648_db373f0284_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041005691_b83c6c278a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041052261_e57154247b_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6659\" width=\"800\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Ashland was prominent to the west:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041005121_22ecbefe9b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached a nice viewpoint where we stopped to take a break:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041104252_97d204461b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a great view to the south included Mt. Shasta, Pilot Rock, and the snowy Trinity Alps:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041004101_559f90660f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041088843_687aa4518f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking northwest:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041052358_ac23d42756_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After our break we hiked on and soon encountered another viewpoint with a slightly different angle:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041090853_2b28a96dbf_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041054441_b102ce7c95_c.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were now encountering quite a few other hikers. This is a popular hike and it was Saturday. When we got to the trailhead there were a lot of cars crammed into the parking area, more than I would have thought possible to fit!<\/p>\n<p>Before heading back to our Airbnb in Grants Pass we stopped at the Northwest Nature Shop in Ashland. What a great store! They had all kinds of great things, including a great book selection. Highly recommended:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48041148517_eb1ef55a21_c.jpg\" alt=\"Northwest Nature Shop\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, May 25, 2019 This morning we got up really early and drove south to Ashland to have breakfast at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/grizzly-peak\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grizzly Peak<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2821,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/2821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}