On trails to falls south side of columbia
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.
The American Pika (Ochotona princeps) is a diurnal species of pika that is found in the mountains of western North America, usually in boulder fields at or above tree line. They are herbivorous animals and smaller relatives of rabbits and hares.
