THREE HIKING SISTERS, we love to hike together, but we don't all live in the same state. Sometimes it is only two of us, and sometimes we hike with others. This is a record of some of our hikes.
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Showing posts with label 6.4 miles. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Second Burroughs
We drove up to Sunrise at Mt Rainier National Park to hike up to Second Burroughts.We went up via the Sunrise Rim Trail past Shadow Lake, then taking the Burroughs Mountain Trail clockwise up above Glacier Basin. We returned down the other side of First Burroughs past Frozen Lake and across Sourdough Gap, making a loop (with a side trip to Second Burroughts), overall 6.4 miles with 1,670 ft of gain. Gorgeous views, wildflowers and we saw a distant mountain goat, all together a fabulous day! View of Mt Rainier from the Sunrise Rim Trail 
Lots of wildflowers in bloom along the Sunrise Rim Trail
Above: chipping sparrow Below: Shadow Lake photos
Views as we headed up the Burroughs Trail abover Glacier Basin
Above: view of Second Burroughs and Mt Rainier from First Burroughs. Below: views to the north from First Burroughs
view as we headed up to Second Burroughs
View of Mt Rainier from our lunch spot on Second Burroughs
Heading down First Burroughs with views of Mount Fremont and Frozen Lake
View of Mt Rainier from Sourdough Ridge with red paintbrush dotting the slope below us
Fuzzy zoom of a mountain goat we saw across a meadow from Sourdough Gap
View to the north along one of the openings on Sourdough Ridge
Some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today:
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Bandera Mountain
We drove to the Ira Springs Trailhead off of exit 45 on I-90 to hike up towards Bandera Mountain to see the beargrass bloom, enjoy the views and other wildflowers. We hiked up to a large boulder filed just below the false summit on Bandera for our lunch break, 6.4 miles with 2.700 ft gain.
We saw lots of bunchberries in bloom along with other wildflowers.
Small waterfall along Denny Creek
View of McClellan Butte from the bridge over Denny Creek
a flower covered boulder along the trail
views of peaks from further up the trail
Until we reached the split with the Mason Lake Trail, we were hiking in the forest.
some of the beargrass along the trail
Once the trail splits from the Mason Lake Trail, it becomes very steep.
View of Mt Rainier to the south:
zoom of Mt Rainier
very steep
Views from the boulder field where we took our lunch break and turned around.
and heading back down the trail:
some of the wildflowers and fungi we saw along the trail:
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