We were able to hike the Mary Mountain Trail this week in YNP. It's closed most of the spring and early summer for the grizzly bears, but it's open in late summer. The trail follows the Nez Perce Creek and is just gorgeous. We only encountered one other couple on the trail and it was quite busy everywhere else in the Park.
This is a Blotched Tiger Salamander. It's a new sighting for us, but supposedly common in the Park. It was very hot and the salamander was crossing a large field headed for water or shade or both. He tucked himself in the shade from my boot.
You can just see it's little head poking out from under my boot.
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