Following the wildflowers, we picked a hike that starts around 7,000 feet in elevation. Button Rock Mountain has been on our shortlist for wildflowers because of how many we've seen in previous years, all around this time. The last time we completed this hike was on this same day in 2022. We also attempted this hike last year in early June, but we didn't complete it because that full hike was a little too much for Katie's ankle at the time. So it was nice for her to be in a place that she can enjoy long hikes again.

We took the wrong trail on this hike, which is easy to do because of how many trails there are. There was an unfortunate fork in the trail while the trail was on top of a large flat rock. Looking back on previous maps of the path we took, this isn't the first time that we took this turn. The difference is that last time we realized it much quicker... Once we were positive we were on the wrong trail, we started bushwhacking towards the summit which was easy to find - just hike up. Luckily we got a little bit of cell service at that point which allowed us to pull up a better map than what we had downloaded to get us to the right spot.

Although it was unfortunate that we got a little lost, it ended up being a positive thing because while we were hiking off trail to get back on track we found some Spotted Coralroot Orchids in bloom. We had found a few budding Coralroot's on this hike before this, but it was exciting to find one blooming. This is now the second week in a row that we've found wild orchids!