The Medicine Root Trail offers an alternative return to the Castle Trail from Saddle Pass to the Notch trailhead (and parking lot).
We are getting further away from the larger rock structures, and solitude becomes dominant.
Are these the promised roots?
But then there is the surprising occasional spot of intense color, like here with Oenothera caespitosa (Tufted evening primrose)
or Musineon divaricatum (Leafy wildparsley).
Time to return for today. Tomorrow will be a longer day.
The Inner Frame 