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Small parking area at the trailhead for Lowder Mountain.
California tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) butterfly.
The trailhead information sign.
The trail to Lowder Mountain in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
The trail to Lowder Mountain in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
The trail to Lowder Mountain in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
Crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa).
Looking off into the distance from the trail.
There are a few open meadows filled with wildflowers along the trail.
The trail to Lowder Mountain in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
Wildflowers along the trail.
The trail to Lowder Mountain through a meadow of wildflowers.
Ocean-spray (Holodiscus discolor).
The trail to Lowder Mountain in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
The trail to Lowder Mountain in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
The Three Sisters can be seen in the distance.
The Three Sisters can be seen in the distance.
Black Butte.
Mount Jefferson.
Mount Washington.
One of the Three Sisters.
A small butterfly on an aster flower.
Aster.
A lush meadow along the trail with some wildflowers.
You never know who else is wandering in the woods.
A deer in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
Lupine.
Lupine.
Grouse.