Antler Peak at Mount Rainier National Park

 I drove out to Sunrise at Mt Rainier National Park to hike up to Antler Peak. This can be seen along the Sourdough Ridge Trail from the parking lot. This is a 1.7 mile round trip hike with 700 ft of elevation gain. This is not a maintained trail like Dege Peak (further down the Sourdough Trail), but an easyish scramble.

 View of Mt Rainier from the Sourdough Trail

 Side view of Antler Peak, there are lots of short trees along the flank. I found it hard to spot the animal tracks to follow up, trying to avoid stepping on any flora.

From the top of Antler Peak, the trees interfered with getting 360 degree views. Here is a Pano from the southwest to the north: Mt Rainier, Mount Freemont, and in the far north, Mt Baker and Glacier Peak

Zoom of Mt Baker

 zoom of Glacier Peak

 Looking toward Mount Freemont, if you zoom in you can see Freemont Lookout.

Pano from the east shoulder of Antler Peak looking south:  in the far distance the Goat Rocks and Mt Adams and Mt Rainier

zoom, behind the ridge, the Goat Rocks and the very top of Mt Adams

When I was returning to the Sunrise parking area, I decided to not go back down, but take the "higher" Sourdough Ridge Trail a bit further before descending.

There are several places along the Sourdough Ridge Trail, where you can look out to the north. Here looking toward Huckleberry Basin and Green Park, in the far distance Mt Baker and Glacier Peak can be seen.

 another view of Mt Rainier as I returned to the parking area.

 There were many butterflies flying around, I managed to get a picture of one of them.

Some of the wildflowers I saw in bloom along the trail today: