Weekly Wildflower Report for week of July 9, 2009 Report and photos by Kathy Darrow From desert-loving prickly pear cactus to marsh-loving monkshood, the Gunnison Basin is bursting with wildflowers this week.

Weekly Wildflower Report for week of June 11, 2009 Story and photos by Kathy Darrow Late spring wildflowers are at their peak right now in the East River Valley, with eye-popping displays of deep purple dwarf larkspur and crimson paintbrush lighting up the sagebrush hills from Almont to Round Mountain.

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles based on Rick Spitzer's book, 'Colorado Mountain Passes: the States Most Accessible High Country Roadways,' which we'll be serializing in the Vail Daily every Sunday this summer.