Lily Lives on Mount Rainier

A young boy befriends an extraordinary Mount Rainier wildflower, beginning a journey that changes his life and the lives of those around him. Lily Lives on Mount Rainier is a story of love, tragedy, and rebirth, taking the reader on an adventure of self-discovery and the human condition in the alluring and unpredictable temperament of Pacific Northwest wilderness.

Arley M. Fosburgh is an experienced mountaineer and herbalist with a passion for backcountry hiking, botany, wildlife photography and scenic alpine views, especially at Mount Rainier, the highest peak of the Cascade mountain range, in Washington state. She began hiking Mount Rainier as a young child wrapped in her mother’s arms and has been hiking the trails there ever since, eventually becoming a Meadow Rover and protecting the National Parks resources and giving her time as a citizen scientist with MeadoWatch, a research project between Mount Rainier and the University of Washington, studying the effects of global warming on Mount Rainier wildflowers. Her education includes wildlife and forestry conservation, wilderness survival, search and rescue, animal tracking, wildlife rehabilitation and herbalism.