Album of Evergreen Mountain Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Ron Austin from our 21 August 2016 spider collecting trip to Evergreen Mountain, southeastern Snohomish County, Washington. The trip and hike went smoothly, but samples from mid-elevation roadside, the trail, high elevation forest, and treeline meadow totaled only 25 spider species; time to hang up the net until fall! But the forest sample included some very good records, such as Oreonetides #1 and Poeciloneta canionis.
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Evergreen Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington, 2012 aerial photo showing trail nameless mountain west of Lake Isabel, King County, Washington seen from Stevens Pass Highway
Evergreen Mtn. Trail marked in red   (Snohomish Co., 2012) Nameless mountain next to Lake Isabel          © Rod Crawford
Ron Austin standing in creek on road to Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington roadside verge habitat on road to Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Hey Ron, you're standing in the creek!     © Rod Crawford Roadside verge habitat en route to the trailhead              © Rod Crawford
trailhead sign, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington jumping-off place on trail to Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Trailhead sign        © Rod Crawford The jumping-off place (precarious switchback)         © Rod Crawford
steep section of trail to Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington trailside blue huckleberries, trail to Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
The trail goes up, up!         © Rod Crawford Trailside berries provide energy for the climb             © Rod Crawford
Wild Sky Wilderness entry sign, trail to Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington trail enters forest, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Entering the Wild Sky      © Rod Crawford Trail levels out after entering the forest                 © Rod Crawford
unidentified mountain from road to Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington sifting conifer litter in treelline forest, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Unidentified mountain seen from road      © Rod Crawford Sifting conifer litter in high forest                     © Rod Crawford
undescribed microspider Oreonetides sp., Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington debris from tapping dead wood, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Undescribed Oreonetides from dead wood   © Rod Crawford Sorting through debris from dead-wood tapping           © Ron Austin
dead wood habitat on Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington dead wood habitat on Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Dead wood…          © Rod Crawford …best spider habitat on the mountain         © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford chasing spider into vial, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington microspider Poeciloneta canionis from Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Chasing spider into vial           © Ron Austin Prize catch, Poeciloneta canionis         © Rod Crawford
purple daisies in treeline meadow, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington floristically rich treeline meadow, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Purple daisies in treeline meadow        © Rod Crawford Floristically rich treeline meadow              © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford under overcast at treeline on Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington summit ridge of Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington from treeline
Overcast sky rolls in             © Ron Austin Summit ridge from treeline               © Rod Crawford
colorful foliage & blowers in clearcut, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington summit lookout, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Colorful flora along trail           © Rod Crawford Closer view of the summit lookout              © Ron Austin
Rod Crawford poses along trail to Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington fir foliage at edge of treeline meadow, Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Rod poses along the trail            © Ron Austin Fir foliage at steep edge of treeline meadow          © Rod Crawford
Ron Austin sets up for a photo on Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington landscape from treeline on Evergreen Mountain, Shohomish County, Washington
Ron setting up a photo           © Rod Crawford Landscape view from treeline               © Rod Crawford
roadside waterfall, road to Evergreen Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington parking lot for trailhead to Evergreen Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington
Waterfall along Road 6054         © Rod Crawford Five cars in the trail parking lot at 7 PM!              © Rod Crawford
pink sky near Index, Washington on 21 August 2016 Zeke's Drive-In open after dark (Gold Bar, WA) on 21 August 2016
Pink sky near Index            © Rod Crawford Zeke's actually open after dark!                © Rod Crawford

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