Mount Fremont Lookout

Drove up to Sunrise at Mt Rainier National Park to hike up to the Mount Fremont Lookout, 5.6 miles round trip with 900 ft of overall gain. Beautiful day! View of Mt Rainier from a short ways up towards Sourdough Ridge.

View to the north alond the Sourdough Ridge Trail, zoom of Glacier Peak to the far north

Views of Mt Rainier along the Sourdough Ridge Trail, small squirrel enjoying the view in first photo

zoom towards the southeast, peaks rising above the clouds

Frozen Lake and Mount Fremont, just before the junction with the Mount Fremont Lookout Trail

First, Second and Third Burroughs Mountains in front of Mt Rainier

Along the Mount Fremont Trail looking north to the distant lookout

View of Mt Rainier near the lookout

Mount Fremont Lookout and views through the windows of the lookout

Views from the lookout deck: Mt Rainier to the south, Grand Park below and distant Cascade Peaks to the northeadt, to the northwest the West Fork of the White River

Douglas squirrel fattening up for winter, he alternated between burying his food and digging it back up to nibble on

On the way back down the trail, view of Frozen Lake and nearby peaks

View of Mt Rainier along the Sourdough Ridge Trail

Most of the wildflowers are gone, but there were pasqueflower seed heads and some other flowers still in bloom along the trail:

Mescal Mountain Loop

We drove to the Mescal Trailhead in Sedona AZ to hike a loop around Mescal Mountain, with a side trip up to the Birthing Cave, overall 5.6 miles with 600 ft of gain, most of it going up to the Birthing Cave. Lots of lovely rock formations in Red Rock Country.

Some of the views of the Mescal Mountain and other rock formations as we hiked around the trail clockwise:

Approaching the Birthing Cave

View looking our from the Birthing Cave some of the wildflowers seen along the trail today: