We drove up to Sunrise at Mt Rainier National Park to hike to the Mount Fremont Lookout. We started on the Sunrise Rim Trail to Sunrise Camp, then up to Frozen Lake and on to the lookout. After returning to Frozen Lake, we returned via the Sourdough Ridge Trail, 6.5 miles with 1,060 ft overall gain. Beautiful day, lots of wildflowers and gorgeous views!
View of Mt Rainier from the Sunrise Rim Trail
Lots of wildflowers blooming in the forested part of the trail.
Mother grouse, her chicks were too fast for me to get photos.
Reflection at Shadow Lake, the water level was too high to walk around the lake today.
Lots of heather in bloom along the open trail, First Boroughs in the distance.
We had one large and two small snow patches to cross on our way up to Frozen Lake.Frozen Lake
Close up of the snow on Frozen Lake
View of Frozen Lake and a flower filled meadow on our way up the Mount Fremont Lookout Trail
Many great views of Rainier along the trail:
About 1/2 way up the trail, it levels out a bit and the lookout can be seen in the far distance at the end of the trail>
Large rock resembles a face
Getting closer to the lookout
Mt Rainier from in front of the lookout
View looking through the lookout
View to the north and distant peakszoom of Glacier Peak
zoom of other peaks
zoom of Mount Stuart and other Enchantment Peaks (getting hazy there)
View to the northeast
On the way back, we saw a marmot on the trail
We waited for him to scurry off (zoom)
Frozen Lake (zoom) as seen on our hike back down the trail
Clouds moving in over the mountain
a couple of chunks of ice have broken off the snow field and are floating on Frozen Lake
more clouds over Mt Rainier as we head down the Sourdough Ridge Trail
View looking down towards Shadow Lake on the leftzoom of Shadow Lake below
zoom of a large buck resting below the Sourdough Ridge
wildflowers in bloom below Sourdough Ridge
View to the north from one of the "gaps" in the rocks wall of Sourdough Ridge
Mt Rainier as seen as we descend to the parking area back at Sunrisesome of the wildflowers seen along the trails today:
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