Fireweed was nicely in bloom when I went with friends, Cathy and Terry, for a great day out in the mountains on 19 August 2014. Our trip was part way along Highway 40 and then along the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Lakes Trail. We passed maybe three or four large, dense patches of Fireweed that were absolutely beautiful. Wish I could say the same about the sky - as you can tell from my photo, it was far from blue. The weather forecast was not good for this day, but we were so lucky that, apart from a few raindrops, the rain stayed away. The sun actually came out at two locations we stopped at for a short while.