Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Burroughs Mountains and Fremont Lookout

 Went up to Sunrise to hike out to the three Burroughs Mountains and decided to add in Lookout at Mount Fremont. Took the Sunrise Rim Trail to the Burroughs, then to Mont Fremont Lookout and back to Sunrise via the Sourdough Ridge, overall hike was about 12 miles with 2,900 ft in elevation gain (lots of ups and downs). I like hiking out to the Burroughs via the Sunrise Trail because you have a view of Mt Rainier for most of the hike out.
View near the parking area.

 View early on in the trail.
 About 1 mile from the parking area lies Shadow Lake.
Pano from the viewpoint at Glacier Overlook a short ways further along the Sunrise Rim Trail. Great views looking down into Glacier Basin

 Sunrise Rim Trail continuing up to First Burroughs
Pano further along the trail: First, Second & Third Burroughs to the right of Mt Rainier

 There are still wildflowers in bloom along the trails.
Wide angle shot from First Burroughs, Second Burroughs to the right of Mt Rainier

 Wide angle shot from Second Burroughs, Third Burroughs to the right of Mt Rainier

 Trail from Second to Third Burroughs
 There were a couple of snow fields on the way up to Third Burroughs
 On Third Burroughs, we are so close to Mt Rainier











Wide angle photo, Winthrop Glacier to the right below us

 Close ups of crevices on the glaciers
Wide angle photo from Third Burroughs looking south:
 Pano from Third Burroughs looking north: In the far hazy distance, the Olympic Mtns with smoke billowing up from the fires there, Mt Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Stuart among others

 Walked down to the south end of Third Burroughs towards St Elmo's Paass
Pano fro the south end of Third Burroughs

 There were 4 mountain goats along the side of Third Burroughs

















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 View of Mount Fremont from the trail between Third and Second Burroughs









Frozen Lake, between First Burroughs and Mount Fremont









Pano from the Fremont Trail with the three Burroughs Mountains in front of Mt Rainier

Trail along Mount Fremont, the lookout in the distance
The Fremont Lookout


View of Mt Rainier through the lookout

View of Mt Rainier form the lookout












Pano from Fremont Lookout to the south and west

 Pano from Fremont Lookout to the west and north

 Large herd of mountain goats below Mont Fremont to the east


 And there was another herd of mountain goats on the south side of Mount Fremont hiking back toward Frozen Lake

View of Mt Rainier, First Burroughs and Shadow lake from the Sourdough Ridge Trail.










Some of the wildflowers seen along the trail.









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