Butterflies, Sauk Mountain

On the way back from Newhalem, we took a hike through the meadows Sauk Mountain, which was glorious. We saw pikas and marmots, heard the haunting tones of a varied thrush and thorougly enjoyed ourselves.

The view (that's the confluence of the Sauk and Skagit rivers):


The flowers (shown here with pine siskin).


...and the butterflies.
Mylitta crescent on orange agoseris.


Um, some kind of blue. Genus Plebejus, I think.


Clodius parnassian.


And a fine looking unidentified caterpillar.