Field notes, v1378
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R.E.Johnson 1968 Journal 103 Aug. 27 Anaconda Buttes Wilderness, Montana - (Stormlake & vicinity) mtn on the other [south] side.) & then switch backs up the east side of Mt. Tiny in an open larch stand. A huge rock slide extends down to the meadow from Little chirps & whistles of marmots were heard suggesting # Rainbow Mtn. Many cones were heard in this slide, a that both yellow-belly & Hoaky Marmots were present in the same habitat. Rock Wren fed on insects in a large snow patch located midway down the mtn. in the rockslide. Clark's Alpine Nutcrackers were common in the larch forest. Storm Lake Pass (9100 ft.) is located between Little Rainbow Mtn (10,000 ft) & Mt. Tiny (9857 ft). Vegetation along the trail below the pass included Valerian, Penstemon virons, White Heather (Cassie), Bistort, white cousewort, speedwell, paintbrush, bush cinquefoil, Alpine larch, White Bark Pine, & Subalpine Fir. The [illegible] larch forest (trees all short - 20ft or less) extends up Tiny Mtn almost directly below the pass. Further north on the mtn a White-barked Pine forest extends up to an equal elevation. Vegetation on Stormlake Pass includes: Red & White Heather (Phylloodes), yellow Eriogonum, Dryas, Bistort, Penstemon virons, White Heathers (Cassie), Engleman Spruce (1-2 ft. tall), Alpine Larch, & White Bark Pine. These latter 3 are all short & limited to either the north or south slopes leading down from the pass or a few short trees standing alone on the barren pass. There were a number of Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels near the pass. Three Rosy Finches flew over going east. Little Rainbow Peak is east of the pass & an easy walk up a meadow, then talus & rock slope. The south