Earlier this month (August 7-8) I took a two day hike to check out the wildflowers in the Canyon Creek drainage at the eastern foot of Three Fingered Jack. Specifically, I hiked into Upper Canyon Creek Meadows, a place I have visited each of the past two years. However, similar to last year, I found the flower display to be disappointing. The lower meadows had an average display, but the upper meadows were nowhere near even a normal year’s show. Nonetheless, I did bring back a few good images: Canyon Creek Meadows Gallery.

I did discover that Circ Lake, on the flanks of Three Fingered Jack above the upper meadows, had burst through part of its moraine dam a few days before. As a result, it lost 10-15′ of its water and washed a huge amount of glacial mud and rocks down on the northern quarter of the meadows. In addition, a large winter avalanche had deposited a lot of timber debris on the same area!