Brown Peak via Palisades Lakes Trail

We drove to Sunrise Point at Mt Rainier National Park to hike along the Palidades Trail to Brown Peak, 7.6 miles round trip with 1,750 ft of overall gain. We decided not to do any of the side trails to the lakes along the way, hiking directly to Brown Peak.

Above: view of Mt Rainier from Sunrise Point (trailhead is in the opposite direction) Below: view of Sunrise Lake below Sunrise Point

Above: view into the Palisades Lakes area as we descend down Below: wildflowers along the trail before the scree field; one of many lupine filled meadows along the trail; and a few of the many gentian in bloom, ripe blueberries

Views of Sourdough Ridge

Moonset over the Palisades, field of lupine below the Palisades

View of Brown Peak, our destination; steep footpath up Brown Peak

As we ascend Brown Peak views of Upper Palisades Lake and a view of Lower Palisades Lake

View of the Palisades and Mt Rainier to the southwest from Brown Peak

View of Slide Peak and Bear Park to the north-northeast

Another view of the Palisades and Mt Rainier from Brown Peak and a zoom of Mt Rainier

The views of the lakes were better as we hiked back in the afternoon, Dicks Lake and then Clover Lake

A view of Mt Rainier as we near the trailhead

some of the animals seen along the trail: frog, chipmunk, butterflies

some of the wildflowers seen along the trail today: