Album of 8-Mile Creek Trail Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Jerry Austin from our 1 August 2023 spider collecting trip with to the Eight Mile Creek Trail and its destination, Squire Creek Pass, SSW of Darrington, Snohomish County, Washington. By design, I spent the day collecting in trailhead habitats while Jerry hiked to the pass (quite a workout) and had time to sample two habitats there. One other party of two hikers used the trail that day; Jerry met them above and I, below, then I was alone until one solitary hiker arrived near dusk and hiked up the road, not the trail! We got a better-than-nothing 21-22 species.
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2017 aerial photo of 8 Mile Creek Trail area, Snohomish County, Washington 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington
Trailhead (right), Squire creek Pass (left)   (Snohomish County, 2017) The trailhead                       © Rod Crawford
roadside verge vegetation, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington alder stand within mixed forest, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington
Roadside verge habitat                 © Rod Crawford Alder stand within the mixed forest                © Rod Crawford
alder leaf litter, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington sifter ready to sift litter, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington
Alder litter available for sifting          © Rod Crawford Sifter ready for use with alder litter                 © Rod Crawford
moss in mixed forest, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington western hemlock foliage by Eightmile Creek near 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington
Moss in the mixed forest            © Rod Crawford Western hemlock foliage near the creek                © Rod Crawford
sword fern Polystichum munitum understory, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington Mixed understory, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington
Sword fern understory                © Rod Crawford Mixed understory                        © Rod Crawford
fireweed, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington dead wood in forest, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington
Fireweed                          © Rod Crawford Dead wood habitat in forest                   © Rod Crawford
Eightmile Creek near 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington shelf fungus, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington
Eightmile Creek at seasonal low-water    © Rod Crawford Attractive shelf fungus beside the trail                 © Rod Crawford
rough trail surface, beyond 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington mixed hemlock-alder forest, 8 Mile Creek Trailhead, Snohomish County, Washington
Very rough trail surface           © Jerry Austin Mixed forest, western hemlock & alder                © Rod Crawford
Trail crosses talus, 8 Mile Creek Trail, Snohomish County, Washington Micaria specimen from Squire Creek Pass, Snohomish County, Washington
The trail crosses talus             © Jerry Austin Jerry's Micaria from under slabs                © Rod Crawford
quire Creek Pass, Snohomish County, Washington bedrock with slabs, quire Creek Pass, Snohomish County, Washington
Squire Creek Pass; Three Fingers beyond     © Jerry Austin Exposed bedrock with loose slabs on top              © Jerry Austin
north bounding ridge of quire Creek Pass, Snohomish County, Washington sunset afterglow from highway west of Darrington, Washington on 1 August 2023
Bounding ridge on north side of pass         © Jerry Austin Afterglow follows the sunset we missed           © Rod Crawford

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