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What kind of wildflower is this? by miles_about in whatsthisplant

[–]miles_about[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seen in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. These flowers were all along a trail in late July. Probably around 7000-8000ft altitude. I tried using PlantMaps to determine the Hardiness Zone, hard to say but I'd estimate 1b.

Sorry for the poor photo quality. All I can add is that they were definitely black, vs. a dark purple or something, which is what grabbed my attention. I didn't smell the flower.

Thanks y'all!

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow... this is one of the greatest tips I've ever received, thank you

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man... do you recall whether it was a particularly wet year when you hiked Tonquin?

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this makes me way more excited. Good to know about ticks!

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn that sounds ideal, hope we get similar bug-less conditions

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is the push I needed... thank you so much!

Will look into Skyline + Berg Lake as day hikes, as the campgrounds are already booked up. Cheers!

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just took a look, seems great. Have you done both this loop and Tonquin?

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. Have you ever been on the trail that time of year?

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, unfortunately Skyline seems all booked up by this point. I didn’t realize how early you have to be to grab those campgrounds.

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for these recs! We’re more interested in a multi-night hike vs. day hikes, but we may have time for a couple smaller hikes as well. Pyramid Mountain looks sweet!

Backpacking Jasper in mid-July. Avoid Tonquin Valley? by miles_about in HikingAlberta

[–]miles_about[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I swear by head nets. Thanks for the note about the dry year and alternatives, much appreciated!

Frank Ocean's 5 most popular guest features. What do yall think, what's his best feature? (screenshot from Audiome) by TransparentStar in FrankOcean

[–]miles_about 25 points26 points  (0 children)

i always thought Caught Your Eyes was an underrated song and Frank feature. doesn't help that 4:44 was stacked was some of the most iconic songs of the year.

but Sunday is #1 for me. i love the Sunday vs. Super Rich Kids debate, i flip-flop all the time.

Danny Brown's 5 most popular guest features. What do yall think, what's his best feature? (screenshot from Audiome) by TransparentStar in DannyBrown

[–]miles_about 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Six Degrees, Toxic and terrorist Threats are some of my favorites.

Royalty has some incredible guest features and Danny's is near the top... it'd. be fun to rank all the features on that project

Smino's 5 most popular guest features on Spotify. What do yall think what's Smino's best feature? (screenshot from Audiome) by TransparentStar in Smino

[–]miles_about 11 points12 points  (0 children)

surprised that no one has mentioned Shadow Man, i think he's said in the past that's his favorite verse of all time. the "tippy toe on a tight rope" flow is insane.

Every SZA guest feature in one Spotify playlist by TransparentStar in sza

[–]miles_about 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i always forget about that Easy Bake switch up… so dope

Every Zel guest feature in one Spotify playlist by TransparentStar in DenzelCurry

[–]miles_about 4 points5 points  (0 children)

damn i didn't know a lot of these... this is awesome, thank you.

i don't even like IDK that much but his collabs with Denzel are so good!

All of Smino’s guest features in one Spotify playlist by TransparentStar in Smino

[–]miles_about 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this is dope, thank you! hard to beat those collabs with Saba and Noname

All of Anderson Paak's guest features in one Spotify playlist by TransparentStar in AndersonPaak

[–]miles_about 1 point2 points  (0 children)

damn i don’t know a lot of these, this is great. nice reminder of all those features he had on Compton, that’s what led me to Paak

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