Naturalist Trip - Pacific Crest Trail: Snoqualmie Pass to Windy Pass

8:00 am at Snoqualmie Pass, I-90 Exit 52. PCT Lodge Lake Trailhead. Map - https://goo.gl/maps/8MRNfCFAFjF7KiMo7

Members of the Naturalist Study Group and students in the Introduction to the Natural World class are encouraged to register. However, this trip is open to all Mountaineers members.  According to the Washington DNR Natural Heritage Program, areas within the meadows under the Snoqualmie Summit’s chair lifts are considered “high quality ecosystem” (link). Although we may not have the expertise to identify the rare plants that are said to occur there, there will be many flowering plants and shrubs to grab our attention. In Olallie Meadow wetland, we'll see the carnivorous English sundew (Drosera anglica). Here's a picture I took a couple years ago