Alpine Wildflowers

Our timing was impeccable with our arrival at Glacier National Park during the peak of alpine wildflower season. The colors of these tiny survivors have been spectacular during our hikes up above treeline. Here is a sampling of some of my wildflower photographs from the past two weekend hikes we took into the alpine tundra.

Rosey Paintbrush
Castilleja rhexifolia

Yellow Columbine
Aguilegia flavescens
Common Pearlyeverlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
Explorer's Bog Gentian
Gentiana calycosa
Alpine Forget-Me-Not
Eritrichium nanum
Alpine Fireweed
Epilobium latifolium