Album of Slate Creek - Gold Ridge Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Jerry and Fred Austin from our 7-9 August 2022 spider collecting trip to sites in the Harts Pass-Slate Creek area, Whatcom County, Washington plus nearby Slate Peak and Gold Ridge in Okanogan County. Our ambitious plans for bagging additional gridspaces came to naught, but we did succeed in boosting the spider records from the Slate Peak gridspace (visited before by Jerry) to 30 species, including some good ones.
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USGS topo map showing spider collecting localities along Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington Mazama Store, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Slate Creek sites in red                (USGS) We stopped for gas at the Mazama Store                  © Rod Crawford
dusk at Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington Jerry Austin, tent and flower meadow at dusk, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Dusk at the campground            © Rod Crawford Jerry, tent and a flower meadow                       © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford's tent, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington upward slope north of Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Rod's tent next morning            © Rod Crawford To north, land slopes steeply upward into parkland           © Rod Crawford
detail of flower meadow, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington edge of meadow and forest, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Closeup of flower meadow           © Rod Crawford Edge of meadow and forest in campground                 © Rod Crawford
true fir foliage, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington female spider Pityohyphantes alticeps, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
True fir foliage                  © Rod Crawford Pityohyphantes alticeps from conifers                       © Rod Crawford
Entelmann spruce foliage, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington spider Lepthyphantes arboreus from conifers, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Engelmann spruce foliage (commonest tree)       © Rod Crawford Lepthyhantes arboreus from conifers                    © Rod Crawford
spider Philodromus alascensis, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington grass meadow, Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Philodromus alascensis             © Rod Crawford Grass-dominated meadow, not far from flower meadows     © Rod Crawford
Slate Pass Trailhead, Slate Peak, Whatcom/Okanogan County, Washington Slate Peak, Whatcom/Okanogan County, Washington from Deer Park Campground
Slate Pass trailhead           © Rod Crawford Slate Peak viewed from near the campground                   © Rod Crawford
butterfly Euphydryas anicia, Slate Peak, Whatcom/Okanogan County, Washington road to summit, Slate Peak, Whatcom/Okanogan County, Washington
Euphydryas anicia on Slate Peak         © Fred Austin Road to Slate Peak summit                © Rod Crawford
mountains SW of Slate Pass, Slate Peak, Whatcom/Okanogan County, Washington mountains west of Slate Pass, Slate Peak, Whatcom/Okanogan County, Washington
Mountains SW of Slate Pass             © Rod Crawford Mountains west from Slate Pass                      © Rod Crawford
topo map with collecting localities, Pasayten Peak and Gold Ridge, Okanogan County, Washington Looking up toward crest from trail, Gold Ridge, Okanogan County, Washington
Jerry's sites on Gold Ridge              (USGS) Looking up Gold Ridge from near trail                  © Jerry Austin
edge of alpine meadow and talus, Gold Ridge, Okanogan County, Washington looking north from crest of Gold Ridge, Okanogan County, Washington
Habitat of Pardosa rainieriana         © Jerry Austin Looking north from near crest of ridge              © Jerry Austin
butterfly Plebejus anna sipping Jerry Austin's Powerade drink, Gold Ridge, Okanogan County, Washington Cascade Burgers, Concrete, Washington
Plebejus anna sipping Jerry's sports drink    © Jerry Austin We stopped at Cascade Burgers on the way home             © Rod Crawford
alpine talus on Gold Ridge, Okanogan County, Washington sunset from near Deer Park Campground, Slate Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Alpine talus on Gold Ridge           © Jerry Austin Sunset near the campground                         © Rod Crawford

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