We were up at Sunrise on Mt Rainier, at dawn,
it was fascinating to watch the mountain change color as the sun rose.
We hiked to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Burroughs, this time returning via the Burroughs loop trail to the Emmons Overlook and past Shadow Lake on our return to Sunrise. This is about a 10 mile hike with 2,500 total elevation gain.
We headed up the Sourdough Ridge Trail on our way to First Burroughs (seen in front of Mt Rainier in this photo).
When we reached Frozen Lake, we took the trail up to First Burroughs (about 2 miles from Sunrise).
Then we headed up to Second Burroughs, most of the snow had melted off the trail since I was here 3 weeks ago.
From here we could see the water melting off the Emmons Glacier, the headwaters to the White River.
Then we headed over to Third Burroughs. Enough snow had melted, that we could see the boot trail to the left of the snow fields. We didn't need to cross the snow on our way up this time.
We had beautiful views of Mt Rainier and the Winthrop Glacier. So close from Third Burroughs.
Panoramic view of Mount Rainier from Third Burroughs:
Panorama view from 3rd Burroughs looking west. Too much haze to see Puget Sound today.
Panorama view from 3rd Burroughs looking north to east. We saw Mt Baker, Glacier Peak, the Enchantments and Stewart Mt
Looking west, we could see the water melting off the Carbon Glacier, also Mystic Lake.
On the return hike, we stopped at 2nd Burroughs and watched mountain climbers coming down via Inter Glacier. From 1st Burroughs, we choose to return to Sunrise on the Burroughs Loop Trail, this portion also called the Emmons Overlook Trail. Here you can see the upper reaches of the White River
Lots of great views of Mt Rainier along this trail. I think the next time I hike to the Burroughs, I will begin the hike by going past Shadow Lake and up the Emmons Glacier Overlook Trail, so I won't have these fabulous views to my back.
From this view, you can see all 3 of the Burrough mountains to the right of Mt Rainier. Great view showing 3rd Burroughs closest to Mt Rainier, then 2nd Burroughs and then 1st Burroughs.
We saw this marmot along the trail.
Panorama View along the Emmons Glacier Trail:
Shadow Lake
Large frog in Shadow Lake
Last view of Mt Rainier before returning to the parking lot at Sunrise.
Here are some of the many wildflowers we saw on our hike today:
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