Category Archives: Mount Sentinel

Lend a hand

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Justin Grigg

The American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day is Saturday, June 6, and there are a few events scheduled around western Montana. In Missoula, join REI and the Montana Conservation Corps restoring sections of trail on Mount Sentinel. Pre-register by calling … Continue reading →

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In the green

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Justin Grigg

What’s all that green where the grass fire burned on Mount Sentinel last year? Missoulian reporter Rob Chaney has the story. “So far, it’s a mix of desirable bunchgrasses and wildflowers competing with unwanted cheatgrass and tumble mustard,” he writes. … Continue reading →

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April flowers

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Justin Grigg

Spring is finally here, and so are the first wildflowers of the season. At Blue Mountain, the buttercups and yellowbells are going strong. You’ll also shooting stars just starting. And pasqueflowers are rising from the pine needles, getting ready to … Continue reading →

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Up, up Mount Sentinel

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Justin Grigg

Here’s a short video from a hike up Pengelly Ridge to the top of Mount Sentinel earlier this week. There’s plenty in bloom on Sentinel already – buttercups, yellowbells, bluebells, shooting stars, prairie stars and arrowleaf balsamroot. Justin Grigg

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Walk for May 9

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Justin Grigg

Prairie star Lithophragma parviflorum Description: White to pinkish flower with one-quarter to one-half inch petals cleft into three to five divisions. Three to six flowers stand atop stem 8 to 20 inches tall with cleft leaves three-quarters to 2 inches … Continue reading →

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