2026 Death Valley Super Bloom So Far
Based on our scouting in January, we returned to Death Valley in early March to enjoy this year’s strong wildflower bloom. It’s going to take… Read More »2026 Death Valley Super Bloom So Far
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Will 2026 Be A Super Bloom Spring In Death Valley? Was 2024?
First, let’s establish what a “super bloom” of wildflowers is, or isn’t. It seems to imply that a wildflower bloom is particularly strong in a… Read More »Will 2026 Be A Super Bloom Spring In Death Valley? Was 2024?
Death Valley Wildflowers, Rainfall and Super Blooms
So called “super bloom” years make it easy to find wildflowers in Death Valley, but they’re difficult to predict. A “1000-year rainfall event” hit Death… Read More »Death Valley Wildflowers, Rainfall and Super Blooms
Will There Be a 2020 Super Bloom in Death Valley?
About the possibility of a wildflower “super bloom” in Death Valley in 2020… There HAS been a great quantity of moisture in some areas of… Read More »Will There Be a 2020 Super Bloom in Death Valley?
Yosemite Spring Workshop 2019
I’m a bit out of commission at the moment with a torn retina repaired and healing, and as of yesterday I may have broken a… Read More »Yosemite Spring Workshop 2019
Monitor Pass Wildflower Bloom on the Mono County Border
There are a variety of wildflowers blooming right now up on Monitor Pass! This is in the Eastern Sierra again, 2000 feet up and over… Read More »Monitor Pass Wildflower Bloom on the Mono County Border
Spring/Summer Workshops in the Eastern Sierra
After researching and documenting the best locations in the Eastern Sierra for many years, I can't wait to show photographers around to the best spots… Read More »Spring/Summer Workshops in the Eastern Sierra
Spring/Summer Workshops in the Eastern Sierra
After researching and documenting the best locations in the Eastern Sierra for many years, I can't wait to show photographers around to the best spots… Read More »Spring/Summer Workshops in the Eastern Sierra
Shell Creek Road Wildflowers
Shell Creek Road is a rural road running north – south between CA – 58 and CA – 46, passing pastures and rolling hills that… Read More »Shell Creek Road Wildflowers
April California Wildflower Road Trip
One of my favorite road trips ever was a tour of California Wildflowers sites in the spring, five years ago today: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2016/04/california-spring-wildflower-sites-April.htmlI looked up some… Read More »April California Wildflower Road Trip