Elevations of this wilderness hike in Josephine County range from 3,900 feet at the trailhead to 5,180 feet at the cirque lake. The gift here is delivered in stands of beargrass on the trail approaching the cirque lake and then at and around the lake. Among many other wildflower varieties, most at the upper elevations, are aster, columbine, lupine, paintbrush, thimbleberry, wild rose, and yellow blooms on the lake's lily pads.
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