Thompson Pass

Thompson Pass

6/9/11

Chilly, windy and overcast.

Plants

Variable Willow---Salix commutata

Green Map Lichen---Rhizocarpon geographicum

Narcissus Anemone---Anemone narcissiflora

Blackish Oxytrope---Oxytropis Nigrescens

Alp Lily---Lloydia serotina

Lowbush-cranberries---Potentilla fruticosa

Alpine Izalia---Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv.

Moss Campion---Silene acaulis

Labrador Tea---Ledum groenlandicum

Dwarf Willow---Salix herbacea

Bell Heather---Erica cinerea

Red Capped Lichen---Cladonia cristatella

Arctic Willow---Salix arctica

Villous Cinquefoil---Potentilla villosa

False Pixie Cup---Cladonia chlorophaea

Creatures

Bumble Bee---Bombus

Worthington Glacier

Plants

Fireweed---Eqilobium angustifolium

Sitka Alder---Alnus sinuata

Variable Willow---Salix commutata

Black Cottonwood---Populus trichocarpa

Creatures

Mew Gulls---Larus canus

Thompson Pass was cool but the wind was a major down side it was cold and unwelcome. I was surprised to find out how jagged and rough the rocks were it was interesting because i never would have imagined them that way and the small pools of water that were up there were much warmer than i had expected them to be which was very cool.

Worthington Glacier was also an experience i hadn't been there since i was about 8 years old and i can remember where the ice used to be and its way farther back then i had seen it. I was surprised to see all those sea gulls nesting around there too i didn't know they did that. I liked getting up close to the glacier though it was small it was still a giant to me at least.