What is glorious day! Temperatures crept near 60 degrees and sun spread its warmth. Time to make the legs burn with 2015’s first “real” hike. I decided that the Fire Ecology Loop Trail in the Bass Creek/Larry Creek Area would be the perfect selection. The hike itself is relatively easy as it loops through a variety of micro-habitats, many of which are fire influenced.
The real star of day was the first flower of 2015, a single Sagebrush Buttercup bursting through a thin bed of ponderosa pine needles.
Some ice stills clings to Bass Creek in the shadows
The trail is nicely maintained and an easy hike
Sun and Ponderosa Pines
View of the distant Sapphire Range
Sagebrush Buttercup – First Flower of 2015