The following photos were taken during a hike on Mt. Bowman in the north end of the Marble Range on July 4, 2005. The 6.5 hour hike was led by Bill Kincaid, with the help of two local experts, Colin and Carol Campbell of 108 Mile House. Colin is the author of the local hiking guide to the Chilcotins. The elevation of the hike varied from 1470 m at the trailhead to 2250 m on the top.

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Photo     Time     Comment
#0000     9:58   Map of the hike up Mount Bowman. On Day 2, we went up Wild Horse Ridge.
                            On the NAD27 map, each UTM square is one km.

#0727     9:58   Gathering of the group near the power lines (Waypoint 428CAR).

#0728   10:08   Mt. Bowman, our objective

#0738   11:10   Cut-Leaf Anemone - Anemone multifida - P. 212

#0741   11:19   Canada Violet - Viola canadensis - P. 179

#0747   11:41   Pink Wintergreen - Pyrola asarifolia - P. 273

#0758   12:04   Heart-Leaved Arnica - Arnica cordifolia - P. 124

#0762   12:10   Field Locoweed - Oxytropis campestris - P. 162

#0763   12:17   Onward and upward!

#0771   12:26   Mountain Arnica - Arnica latifolia - P. 126

#0792   13:12   Showy Jacob's-Ladder - Polemonium pulcherrimum - P. 192

#0799   13:20   Moss Campion - Silene acaulis - P. 254

#0810   13:25   Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - P. 85

#0819   13:30   Colorado Rockfrog (?) Leaf Lichen - P. 425

#0821   13:32   White Mountain-Avens - Dryas octopetala - P. 221

#0829   13:36   Diverse-Leaved Cinquefoil - Potentilla divesifolia - P. 227

#0836   13:40   Top view of Common Red Paintbrush - Castilleja miniata - P. 168

#0846   13:46   Mountain Forget-Me-Not - Myosotis alpestris - P. 184

#0862   14:06   A Draba, maybe Yellowstone Draba - P. 236

#0866   14:17   The last person to get to the top of Mt. Bowman, 2250m (Waypoint 437T).

#0868   14:17   View NW from the top

#0879   14:54   The pace quickens when happy hour beckons!

#0883   15:05   Looking back to the top - the sun finally comes out strong.

#0886   15:19   Tiger Lily - Lilium columbianum - P. 298

#0887   15:20   Arctic Lupine - Lupinus arcticus - P. 158

#0888   15:45   Red Columbine - Aquilegia formosa - P. 205

#0890   15:51   Bunchberry - Cornus canadensis - P. 250

#0892   16:02   Shrubby Penstemon - Penstemon fruticosus - P. 69

#0895   16:04   Lance-Leaved Stonecrop - Sedum lanceolatum - P. 261

#0900   16:17   Nootka or Prickly (?) Rose - P. 64 or 65

Thanks to John Coope for helping with the plant identification. Any additional help will be much appreciated! If you can email the correct ID to me, I'll be very grateful (please refer to the number above each photo).      

Reference pages are given from:   "Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia" by Roberta Parish, Ray Coupe and Dennis Lloyd. Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, B.C., 1996.