Welcome to our real-time summer 2025 record of wildflowers as they bloom on Independence Pass—click HERE for the full list starting April 25 through July 16. Due to time constraints, the photo blog will only have highlights this year: check out the 2023 blog for all the flowers.

And check out our new Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Independence Pass: click HERE to learn more and get yours!

June 2025

Featured
Pika produce
Pika produce
Lucky us
Lucky us
Snow cinquefoil
Snow cinquefoil
Lily of the alpine
Lily of the alpine
Beauty subjective
Beauty subjective
A beautiful stinker
A beautiful stinker
Carpe diem!
Carpe diem!
A pointillist paintbrush
A pointillist paintbrush
Your (lower) roadside companion
Your (lower) roadside companion
Alpine delight
Alpine delight
Yellow to the west, lavender to the east
Yellow to the west, lavender to the east
No wiping your feet on this mat
No wiping your feet on this mat
Best name ever?
Best name ever?
At home in the great white north
At home in the great white north
A rose by any other name
A rose by any other name
Bedding down for the summer
Bedding down for the summer
Never to be forgotten
Never to be forgotten
A daisy to delight in
A daisy to delight in
The white in red, white & blue
The white in red, white & blue

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.      
 — ed abbey

QUE TUS SENDEROS SEAN TORCIDOS, SINUOSOS, SOLITARIOS, PELIGROSOS,
QUE CONDUZCAN A LAS VISTAS MÁS ASOMBROSAS.
— ED ABBEY