Eastern Mojave Vegetation	Nightbird Gulch Trail, Mount Galbraith Park, Jefferson County, Colorado
	Tom Schweich

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Climbs from Golden up onto Mount Galbraith, measured length 1.7 mi (2.7 km), climb 908 ft (277 m).

Junction: Cedar Gulch Trail, Mount Galbraith Loop Trail.

Other articles: Field Notes Sunday, May 3rd Obs. No. 1096, 3 May 2015
View northeast out of Mount Galbraith Park.
View southeast down Nightbird Gulch.

Hikers on the Mount Galbraith Loop (above) and Cedar Gulch Trail (below).

Obs. No. 1096, Echinocereus viridiflorus

Saddle at head of Nightbird Gulch.

Other articles: Field Notes Coll. No. 1099, 3 May 2015

Locations: Mount Galbraith Park.
Coll. No. 1099, Potentilla

Coll. No. 1099, Potentilla fissa

Coll. No. 1099 Potentilla and Coll. No. 1100 Erysimum collected in the rocks above the trail.

Point of rocks, trail above turns west.

Other articles: Field Notes Coll. No. 1101, 3 May 2015
Habitat of Coll. No. 1101, Agoseris parviflora
Coll. No. 1101, Agoseris parviflora

Agoseris parviflora on the little ridge to the north.

Other articles: Golden Checklist Flora up. wash. Field Notes Friday, November 24th
View of North Washington Open Space from Mount Galbraith
Colorado School of Mines with Green Mountain in the background

Downtown Denver from Mt. Galbraith.

Point of rocks, trail above turns southwest.

Other articles: Field Notes Friday, November 24th
Revegetation area on southeast slope of Mt. Galbraith

Trail runs north-south above revegetation plot.

Switchback, trail above turns north.

Other articles: Field Notes Sunday, May 3rd
Nightbird Gulch Trail skirts a small flat that is closed for revegetation.

The trail runs beside a flat, closed to permit revegetation.

Other articles: Field Notes Friday, November 24th
North Washington Open Space from lower slopes of Mount Galbraith

Point of rocks, trail above turns south.

Other articles: Field Notes Sunday, May 3rd
Nothocalais cuspidata on the Nightbird Gulch Trail

Nothocalais cuspidata along the Nightbird Gulch Trail.

Trail above turns north.

Other articles: Field Notes Sunday, May 3rd
Cryptantha virgata beside the Nightbird Gulch Trail.
Cryptantha virgata beside the Nightbird Gulch Trail.

Cryptantha virgata beside the Nightbird Gulch Trail.

Switch back, trail above turns east.

Other articles: Field Notes Friday, November 24th
Yay! Dog poop in a bag!

Trail marker, thoughtfully left by dog owner.

Other articles: Field Notes Sunday, May 3rd
Orobanche fasciculatum in Nightbird Gulch

Orobanche fasciculata along the Nightbird Gulch Trail.

Other articles: Field Notes Sunday, May 3rd

Locations: Nightbird Gulch.
View west, up Nightbird Gulch to sallde.

View up Nightbird Gulch.

Point of rocks, trail above turns west northwest.

Other articles: Field Notes Sunday, May 3rd
Lower portion of Nightbird Gulch Trail.

View south on lower Nightbird Gulch Trail.

Other articles: Field Notes Friday, November 11th
Upper Washington Open Space as seen from lower slopes of Mount Galbraith

Switch back, trail above turns south.

Other articles: Field Notes Coll. No. 1060, 28 Aug 2014
Dissected spikelet pair of Coll. No. 1060, Andropogon gerardii

Location of Coll. No. 1060, Andropogon gerardii

Other articles: Canyon Point Circle at t. h. Field Notes Friday, November 24th
Map of Nightbird Gulch Trail.

Trailhead: Canyon Point Circle

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Date and time this article was prepared: 3/31/2020 1:15:51 PM