Weekend View- Beautiful Super Bloom Hike

The weekend view is full of rainy stormy weather and sunshine and spring super blooms- and since we have been working on various projects, taking drives and exploring areas and hiking in the fields of flowers- today the weekend view is about a Northern California super bloom happening right now.

The super bloom happens in California when we have a bunch of winter water to encourage all those dainty little flowers to grow like wildfires- and they are showing up this year with a whole lot of pep. You may be familiar with some of the Southern California super blooms – places like the Carizzo Plain and flower fields near San Diego always get coverage. But northern California has some beautiful spots as well- Yosemite has super bloom flowers, Mt. Diablo is a beautiful hike among the flowers, there are several trails near the coast, to mention a few. Today, I am sharing one that is in Butte County-just a couple hour drive from the SF Bay Area and blooming as we speak.

We hopped in the car and took a trip up to the Butte County countryside to do a little hiking among the flowers in a spring superbloom.

It was crazy packed with folks who come from all over to see the fields and mountains covered in flowers – lots of instagram snaps and more going on in the main areas of the path.

So we chose the road less traveled and wandered in a different direction.

Loved walking by the cows and seeing the beautiful waterfalls- and the snow capped mountain ranges in the distance were a bonus.

Currently blooming are all these little yellow cuties, California poppies and several different dainty purples. The mix and mingle is perfection.

If you don’t want to see the waterfalls and follow the usual trails- you can venture out past those areas and find your way to the edge of the plateau and overlook the view to the Sutter Butte mountains.

And if you meander through the groves of oaks- it opens up to a water filled valley that is beautiful as well.

If you are local and would like to take a run over to see the blooms- map to North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve in Oroville for directions and more details.