A ptach of blue columbine flourish in the Washington Gulch area with the recent rains Wednesday, June 30, 2021, outside Crested Butte, Colo. The blue columbine is the state flower of Colorado. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
June rains create a bumper year for wild flowers in the central Colorado mountains.
A ptach of blue columbine flourish in the Washington Gulch area with the recent rains Wednesday, June 30, 2021, outside Crested Butte, Colo. The blue columbine is the state flower of Colorado. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)King’s crown blooms above the Slate River drainage north of Crested Butte, Colo., June 30, 2021. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)(The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)A ptach of blue columbine flourish in the Washington Gulch area with the recent rains Wednesday, June 30, 2021, outside Crested Butte, Colo. The blue columbine is the state flower of Colorado. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Silver lupine bloom in a field near the Deer Creek trailhead with 12,631-foot Gothic Mountain in the background Wednesday, June 30, 2021 outside Crested Butte, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Silver lupine blooms near the Dear Creek trailhead outside Gothic, Colo., Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Silver lupine bloom in a field near the Deer Creek trailhead with 12,631-foot Gothic Mountain in the background Wednesday, June 30, 2021 outside Crested Butte, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Scarlet gilia fairy trumpet and silver lupine bloom on the banks of the East River near Gothic, Colo., June 30, 2021. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Wildflowers cover the hills above Gothic, Colo., June 30, 2021. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)(The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Horseback riders climb through the wildflowers toward the Snodgrass Trail outside of Mt. Crested Butte, Colo., June 30, 2021 as clouds build over the Elk mountains. June rain showers have helped the wildflowers flourish in the area. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Glacier lilies bloom near the Paradise Divide Wednesday, June 30, 2021, outside Crested Butte, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Glacier lilies bloom near the Paradise Divide Wednesday, June 30, 2021, outside Crested Butte, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Jacob’s Ladder blooms after a recent rain on Paradise Divide June 30, 2021, near Crested Butte, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)A marsh marigold blooms next to a pond on the Paradise Divide outside Crested Butte, Colo., June 30, 2021. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Jacob’s Ladder blooms after a recent rain on Paradise Divide June 30, 2021, near Crested Butte, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)(The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Utah State University graduate student Valerie Martin, left, and her advisor Assistant professor Robert Schaeffer work among the Corydalis caseana or “Bradegee’s fumewort” in the Washington Gulch area outside Crested Butte Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Martin is spending the summer at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colo., and is working on her doctoral dissertation studying the effects of nectar robbers such as short-tongued bumblebees on the pollination on the flowers. Nectar robbers eat through hole bitten in the flower rather than the main opening therefore not touching the flowers reproduction system. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Utah State University graduate student Valerie Martin works among the Corydalis caseana or “Bradegee’s fumewort” in the Washington Gulch area outside Crested Butte Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Martin is spending the summer at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colo., and is working on her doctoral dissertation studying the effects of nectar robbers such as short-tongued bumblebees on the pollination on the flowers. Nectar robbers eat through hole bitten in the flower rather than the main opening therefore not touching the flowers reproduction system. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Molly Long from Lawrence University walks through a hillside of Corydalis caseana or “Bradegee’s fumewort” in the Washington Gulch area outside Crested Butte as she tries to catch nector robbers like short-tongued bumblebees Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Long, who is studying at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colo., was helping Utah State University graduate student Valerie Martin with her doctoral dissertation about the effects of the nectar robbers, such as short-tongued bumblebee, on the pollinating process. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)A blue columbine flower blooms in the Washington Gulch area Wednesday, June 30, 2021, outside Crested Butte, Colo. The blue columbine is the state flower of Colorado. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)A blue columbine flower blooms in the Washington Gulch area Wednesday, June 30, 2021, outside Crested Butte, Colo. The blue columbine is the state flower of Colorado. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)A blue columbine flower blooms in the Washington Gulch area Wednesday, June 30, 2021, outside Crested Butte, Colo. The blue columbine is the state flower of Colorado. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Tall chiming bells wear rain drops from a recent storm Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in the Washington Gulch area outside Crested Butte, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)A mountain biker rides through the silver lupine flowers near the Deer Creek trailhead Wednesday, June 30, 2021 outside Crested Butte, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Silver lupine bloom in a field near the Deer Creek trailhead outside of Gothic, Colo., Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (Christian Murdock, The Gazette)Silver lupine bloom in a field hear the Deer Creek trailhead outside of Gothic, Colo., Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
