We headed up to Sunrise at Mt Rainier National Park today to hike out to the Mount Fremont Lookout via the Sourdough Ridge Trail, then up to First Burroughs and back to Sunrise via the Burroughs Loop Trail. Our hike today was 7.3 miles with about 1,500+ feet of elevation gain (lots of ups and downs).It was cold this morning, 45*F and a brisk wind adding a considerable wind chill. We also found ourselves in the clouds with Mt Rainier playing peek-a-boo with us. A beautiful day!
View of Mt Rainier from the Sourdough Ridge Trail
Another view of Mt Rainier from the Sourdough Ridge Trail
We only saw a few butterflies, I don't think they liked the cold wind today.
Marmots like to bask in the warm sun, perhaps that is why we only saw one marmot hurrying up hill very fast.
We did see lots of squirrels and chipmunks happily posing for us
The hike up to the Mount Fremont lookout was in the clouds
We spent about 40 minutes by ourselves at the lookout, watching the clouds move across the mountains.
View of Mt Rainier through the Mount Fremont Lookout
Panorama from the Mount Fremont Lookout looking south towards Mt Rainier
Panorama from the Mount Fremont Lookout looking northwest towards Grand Park
Returning back to Frozen Lake
and heading up the Burroughs Trail
Panorama from First Burroughs looking south toward Mt Rainier and Second Burroughs
Panorama from First Burroughs looking from Mt Rainier toward Mount Fremont
As we hiked down the other side of First Burroughs along the Burroughs Loop Trail, we saw a herd of goats grazing on the lower flank of Second Burroughs
There were lots of gorgeous views of Mt Rainier as we continued to hike down the trail.
Panorama looking south from the Glacier Overlook:
Many more fields of wildflowers as we continued hiking on the Burroughs Loop Trail
We hiked past Shadow Lake
and continued to enjoy the wildflowers and views of Mt Rainier as we returned to Sunrise.
Some of the wildflowers and plants we saw along the trail today:
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