Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
including lots of wind and possible summer lightning storms. The view from the fire tower is
superb. You may also access the trail from the Dunraven Pass parking area; by following this
route, you avoid a narrow ridge that must be traversed just before the summit.
Expect to see bighorn sheep, which are amazingly tame here and may pose for your cam-
era. The older rams have huge horns curved nearly in a circle, while young rams and ewes
have short, slightly curved horns.
A pink species of paintbrush thrives north of Dunraven Pass.
Wildflowers abound in the entire area in July and early August. It's possible to find Indian
paintbrush, phlox, forget-me-nots, lupine, sticky geranium, larkspur, silky phacelia, and many
others.
Mount Washburn North Side Panorama
Stretching from left to right (south to north):
Mt. Washburn
with its square tower, then
An unnamed round hill.
Dunraven Peak
(9,904 ft / 3,019 m) with a rocky top and
Hedges Peak
(9,685 t / 2,952 m)
behind it (visible only from the rocky promontory). Cornelius Hedges was the Washburn
expedition member who was long thought to have originated the national park idea.
