East of elowah falls on the gorge trail..
Heard one pika, two pika,
a scruffy pika at winter's end just below Glacier Pass
To see what the area looked like then, go to: http://sierrahiker.home.comcast.net/~sierrahiker/CliffCreekLakes/index.html
Brief observation right by the shore of Hamilton Lake. I wasn't expecting to see one at that low elevation (8235').
Watched it for about 15 minutes running in and out of its burrow.
Hiking North on the PCT, the stream, north of Cutthroat Pass but south of Harts Pass. One has to get off the PCT to go to the camp sites near the stream. We camped at the South end. In the rocks near the south end there were a lot of Pikas. I think it was the camp sites next to Methow River. I didn't know you were looking for the little guys, sorry, I don't know the exact place.
Hiking North on the PCT, the stream, north of Cutthroat Pass but south of Harts Pass. One has to get off the PCT to go to the camp sites near the stream. We camped at the South end. In the rocks near the south end there were a lot of Pikas. I think it was the camp sites next to Methow River. I didn't know you were looking for the little guys, sorry, I don't know the exact place.
Hiking North on the PCT, the stream, north of Cutthroat Pass but south of Harts Pass. One has to get off the PCT to go to the camp sites near the stream. We camped at the South end. In the rocks near the south end there were a lot of Pikas. I think it was the camp sites next to Methow River. I didn't know you were looking for the little guys, sorry, I don't know the exact place.
Hiking North on the PCT, the stream, north of Cutthroat Pass but south of Harts Pass. One has to get off the PCT to go to the camp sites near the stream. We camped at the South end. In the rocks near the south end there were a lot of Pikas. I think it was the camp sites next to Methow River. I didn't know you were looking for the little guys, sorry, I don't know the exact place.
Sarah Isto collected pika data from Stampede Creek Denali AK.
Pika D (or possibly second view of Pika A at far end of rock pile facing SSE), elevation 3129, GPS: N63 44 124, W150 24 023. Time 3:54 pm.
She did not see any haypiles, urine stains or scats. Grass is scarce in these areas so they are probably stockpiling other sorts of vegetation deep under all the tumbled rock. Temperatures varied from about 45F to 55F, no snow on ground, moderately brisk NW wind. No ground squirrels out (already hibernating?) but saw pika in 2 of the 3 locations where we have photographed them in the past.
