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Right: A side stream tumbles by Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 below Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.
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Above: The Spokane, part of the Washington State Ferry system, cruises in Puget Sound from Edmonds to Kingston in sight of Mount Baker (10,775 feet elevation), in the North Cascades of Washington.

Below: Columbine flowers (genus = Aquilegia; Buttercup family = Ranunculaceae) glow bright orange and yellow beneath massive gray peaks on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 near Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.


The Dungeness River Valley drops far below Marmot Pass, on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington. The left peak is Mount Fricaba (7134 feet elevation), above Deception Basin. I stitched this panorama from three images.


Left: A Devils Club plant (Oplopanax horridus, Araliaceae; or syn. Echinopanax horridus, Fatsia horrida) grows next to the Big Quilcene River Trail #833.1 in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington, along the way to Marmot Pass. Also known as Devil's Walking Stick, the Devil's Club is very sensitive to human impact and does not reproduce quickly. It has large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in brittle spines.

Below: Columbine flowers brighten the Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 on the way to Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.


Left: A rich display of Columbine flowers bloom on July 10, 2008 on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 on the way to Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.

Below: Phlox flowers bloom to make a carpet of white and lavender near Marmot Pass. Phlox is pronounced "flocks", and comes from the Latin for a flame-colored flower, which is from the Greek φλόξ, meaning 'flame'.


Left: A side stream foams past Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 below Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Washington.

Below: Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 passes through fields of Columbine flowers beneath high peaks.


Left: This deep blue flower named Olympic larkspur (Delphinium glareosum Greene) grows on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 near Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, in Olympic National Forest, Washington.

Below: A mountainous wall of sharp rocks rises to the south of Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 near Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.

Below: The Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 ascends towards Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.


Left: An Olympic larkspur (Delphinium glareosum Greene), a deep blue flower, and Indian paintbrush grow together on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 near Marmot Pass in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.

Below: Sedum is the large stonecrop genus of the Crassulaceae or orpine family. This bloom is on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1, near Marmot Pass in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.


Left: A hiker ascends the final few hundred feet of Marmot Pass on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.

Below: Columbine bloomed in profusion on the Marmot Pass trail July 10, 2008.


Left: Three yellow flowers reveal their beauty to attract pollinating insects.

Below: The sign on Marmot Pass indicates Big Quilcene Trail #833.1, Tubal Cain Trail #840, and Boulder Shelter Trail #833.2.



Left: The Spokane, part of the Washington State Ferry system, plies Puget Sound towards Kingston at sunset on the Kitsap Peninsula, Washington. The Marmot Pass hike can be done as a long day trip from Seattle round trip via ferry from Edmonds.



Below: Mount Rainier looms over Puget Sound as seen offshore from Edmonds aboard a Washington State Ferry.


Left: A fiery sunset ignites clouds with orange color over Puget Sound, Washington.




Below: The Spokane, part of the Washington State Ferry system, plies Puget Sound towards Kingston on the Kitsap Peninsula, Washington. The distant peak on the left is The Brothers (6866 feet elevation) in the Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula.
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Above: The Dungeness River Valley drops far below Marmot Pass, on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington. The left peak is Mount Fricaba (7134 feet elevation), above Deception Basin. I stitched this panorama from three images.

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Right: A Columbine flower (genus = Aquilegia; Buttercup family = Ranunculaceae) glows bright orange and yellow, on Big Quilcene Trail #833.1 near Marmot Pass, in Buckhorn Wilderness, Olympic National Forest, Washington.
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