150 Journal R.E. Johnson 1967 Sept. 16 Ferris Mtns to Snowy Mtns, Wyoming. either side of the summit ridge (10800-12000ft). a few of the lakes are below timberline but the majority are higher and surrounded by rocky ground or flat tundra. I hiked from the road near the road summit west to the summit of Medicine Bow Pk (12005), intersecting a trail to the summit from Lewis Lake Campground at a point 1 mile below the summit. My route crossed Krumholtz and Fell Field. Cushion plants were common (including carpet Pink). Other plants include a small willow, Arctostaphylos uva ursi, cinquefoil (pinnate leaf). Conys & Yellow-bellied Marmots were seen in higher rock slides. White-tailed Ptarmigan, Pine Siskins, Water Pipits, & Rosy Finches were seen on the east slope of the summit ridge. The hike was made in a blizzard but 2 Water Pipits & one Ptarmigan were collected. Camped on Mirror Lake. Sept. 17 Snowy Mtns, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado Woke up buried in snow. Rehiked to Medicine Bow Pk via same route but was unable to obtain Rosy Finches. Drove to Laramie (noon) and south via US 287 to Loveland, then west on US 34 to Rocky Mtn National Park and "trail ridge road." Collected one Brown-capped a flock of 40 on Rosy Finch from the open tundra in a blizzard. Returned to Denver. Sept. 18-20 Denver Colo. to Berkeley, Calif. Returned to Berkeley via Loveland Pass (blizzard; no rosy finches), Colorado Nat. Monument & Arches National Monument.