Name: Sauk Mountain Flora and Vistas
Start: 2024-06-28
End: 2024-06-28
Location: Carpool from Fairhaven Park and Ride (West of I-5)

Preregister with Fritz Ulrich (fritz365@gmail.com), then meet at 8:00 AM at the I-5 Park & Ride in Fairhaven (WEST side of the freeway) or at the Sauk Mountain trailhead at 9:45AM. The trail begins and ends in high mountain meadows offering wildflowers and spectacular vistas the entire length. We will hike through 26 gentle switchbacks in the first 1.5 miles in steep terrain and if we go all the way up to the site that once hosted a fire lookout at 5,500 ft elevation it will be about 2.1 miles. There we can enjoy a 360-degree panorama of the North Cascades, where on a clear day you can see Mt. Rainier to the south, Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands to the west and the rugged Cascade peaks stretching to the east including Glacier Peak and Mount Baker.

We expect an outstanding show of wildflowers that includes paintbrush, phlox, tiger lilies, aster, columbine, lupine, and many others. The trail is south-facing, sunscreen and hiking poles are advisable. Trip limit: 10 people.

Starts: June 28, 2024

Time: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Admission: Free, Limit to 10

Location: Carpool from Fairhaven Park and Ride (West of I-5)
1815 32nd St., Bellingham, WA 98226

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Produced By: Koma Kulshan Chapter of WA Native Plant Society

Contact Person: Fritz Ulrich

Email: fritz365@gmail.com

We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. They cared for the lands that included what we’d call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.