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:

High Skyline Loop

Drove up to Paradise at Mt Rainier National Park to hike the High Skyline Loop Trail. Started at the lower parking area at the Deadhorse Creek Traihead and went counterclockwise towards Myrtle Falls and Mazama Ridge, overall 6 miles and 1,785 ft of gain. Lovely day, staying abouve the clouds. Early view of Mt Rainier near the trailhead

View of Mt Rainier from Myrtle Falls

Edith Creek

View of some Tatoosh Peaks and a waterfall along the trail towards Mazama Ridge

A couple of small falls along the Paradise River and view of Mt Rainier on the trail up Mazama Ridge

Squirrel on rocks before a lovely view of Mt Rainier

Crossing the Paradise River as the trail continues up from Mazama Ridge

zoom of two of the many marmots seen along the trail continuing up

Views from the high point on the High Skyline Loop Trail, Tatoosh Peaks to the south, Mt Rainier to the north

View of Mt Rainier from the Pebble Creek Trail, which bypasses Panorama Point on the way down the otherside of the loop

View of Mt Rainier from down along the Deadhorse Creek Trail

As I continued down the Deadhorse Creek Trail, I saw another marmot, a grouse and butterflies

Although most of the meadows had gone to seed, there were still some wildflowers in bloom, along with fungi and berries: