Heather Meadows Wildflowers and Bumble Bees

After preregistering with Jim Davis (jimdavisscs@gmail.com), meet at 10AM at the Visitor’s Center parking lot in Heather Meadows. Volunteers from the WNPS Koma Kulshan Chapter monitored wildflower phenology and bumblebee foraging from snow melt to first snowfall for five years in Heather Meadows. This hike will visit some of the areas monitored to see subalpine wild flowers at their peak and learn about how native plants and bumblebees interact to assure pollination and the profusion of wildflowers at Heather Meadows. We will start the hike at the Visitor’s Center parking lot and tour three of the transects we monitored at that elevation. If snow cover allows, we will visit two additional transects at higher elevations. 

This will be about a three mile hike with about 300 ft elevation gain. There will be an option of walking the Wild Goose Trail. Bring warm clothes (it can still be pretty chilly at Heather Meadows), sun protection, lunch, and adequate water. Limit of 12.