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Field Trip 3 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course

Field trip: Introduction to the Natural World Course

Field Trip 3 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course - Tronsen Ridge

Teanaway/Blewett Pass area. We will be identifying the flowers, shrubs, and birds that inhabit the east slopes of the Cascades.There is some exposed driving to access the trailhead.

Contacts

Danielle Graham
Danielle Graham
Primary Leader
Qualified Youth Leader
  • Easy/Moderate
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 6.5 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 1,000 ft

TBD.  Leaders will be camping overnight in Blewett Pass so will not be able to assist as drivers.  We will provide information to participants to organize carpools amongst themselves.

Expect to spend a full day at this trip between the driving and the time hiking.  This trip will take place near the summit of Blewett Pass.  

The mountains surrounding Blewett Pass are often sunny when it is raining in Seattle. Plus they offer acres of beautiful wildflower meadows, making this an ideal field trip destination to practice wildflower identification. Also, many shrubs and at least nine kinds of trees are present. After this field trip you may identify these species and more:

1. Jeffrey’s Shooting Star
2. Carpenter Ant
3. Pale Tiger Swallowtail
4. Spreading Phlox
5. Ponderosa Pine
6. Western Serviceberry
7. Spreading Stonecrop
8. Western Tanager
9. Yellow-rumped Warbler
10. Common Witch’s Hair
11. Engelmann Spruce
12. Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Route/Place

Tronsen Ridge

Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

guide book

day hiking gear

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