The Lion's Pride vol. 2 (Jun. 2014) | Page 11

4 I knew I was right at home in this family. The most important discovery about this pie was that it was made from the purple, wild mountain huckleberry. This species is one that grows up high in the Cascade Mountains, at an elevation of 2,000 to 5,000 feet. It differs from the lower growing red huckleberries we had found near my aunt’s house. These mountain berries were much larger and dark purple in color, and the pie from these berries is especially good with vanilla ice cream melting on top when served. The discovery of the big p