1st, 2nd & 3rd Burroughs Mountain Fall Hike

With the road to Sunrise on Mt Rainier open, we headed up to hike to Burroughs Mountain (1st, 2nd & 3rd). Depending on which trails you take, this is a 9 - 10 mile hike with 2,600 ft overall elevation gain. I like starting out on the Sunrise Rim Trail up past Shadow Lake and the south side of 1st Burroughs, in my opinion, this has the best views of Mt Rainier in front of you while hiking to Burroughs Mountains.

It was cold when we started hiking this morning, there was lots of frost on the trail, 

and the creeks had ice on them.

We walked around Shadow Lake and saw a nice reflection of Little Tahoma and the top of Mt Rainier in the lake.

 Was surprised to see a flower in bloom near Shadow Lake today.

















This trail continues up towards First Burroughs with fabulous views of Mt Rainier and overlooks Glacier Basin, and has great views of Emmons Glacier.

Panoramic view towards Mt Rainier as we neared First Burroughs:

 Zoom of the lake in Glacier Basin, and some of the yellow trees in the valley.










Panoramic view from between First and Second Burroughs looking west to north: Mt Rainier, Second Burroughs, Skyscraper Mountain, Mt Fremont and First Burroughs

We were able to see Mt Baker and Mt Shuksan to the far north beyond Mt Fremont Lookout.

We also enjoyed these views to the north between Second and Third Burroughs. Here, Mt Baker and Mt Shukan are seen to the right of Skyscraper Mt.

From Second Burroughs, the trail drops 400 ft, the gains 800 ft towards Third Burroughs

 View of Mt Rainier from Third Burroughs. We were so close, I had to take a wide angle photo to get in both Little Tahoma and Mt Rainier. Winthrop Glacier is to the right of Steamboat Prow and extended down below us.

 Zoom of some of the crevasses in Winthrop Glacier.

The views from to the north from Third Burroughs were amazing. Northwest: we could see across Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains.

To the far north, Mt Baker and Mt Shuksan

A little bit east, Glacier Peak and Dragontail far beyond Skyscraper Mountain and Grand Park.

And a bit further east, Mount Stuart beyond Mount Fremont.

 Heading back up to Second Burroughs after descending from Third Burroughs.

Looking back at Mt Rainier and Third Burroughs, while ascending Second Burroughs

Panoramic View looking from Skyscraper Mountain to the Lookout on Mount Fremont 

and the Cascade Mountains to the north. 

 Descending towards First Burroughs from Second Burroughs.
From First Burroughs, we decided to hike to Frozen Lake and the Sourdough Ridge Trail back to Sunrise.

From the Sourdough Ridge Trail, looking back towards First Burroughs and Mt Rainier.

 From the Sourdough Ridge Trail looking north towards Huckleberry Basin and McNeely Peak.

We saw a couple of mountain goats near the base of McNeely Peak.













View of Mt Rainier from the path down to Sunrise off of the Sourdough Ridge Trail.