Meany Crest and Point 7573 - 8.20.2010
Our general route to Meany Crest and Point 7573 above Summerland in Mount Rainier National Park... ~10 miles roundtrip, gaining ~3800 feet of elevation.
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Use the White River entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park... drive ~3 miles to the parking area just beyond the Fryingpan Creek bridge (3800').
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At 3.2 miles there is a footbridge... while waiting for the rest of our group I hiked for an eighth of a mile along the north side of Fryingpan Creek and got this view of Little Tahoma and Mt. Rainier.
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Our group crossing Fryingpan Creek on the footbridge at 3.2 miles.
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Denali Girl and I decided to separate from the group and head for Meany Crest (left) and Point 7573 (center).
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Our general route to Meany Crest and Point 7573.
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Little Tahoma and Mt. Rainier from Summerland.
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Kissing marmots.
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Above and west of summerland now... heading for Meany Crest.
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Mount Rainier coming back into view.
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Denali Girl above Summerland.
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We will stay between the patches of snow as we continue higher.
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Denali Girl climbing on reasonably good boot-path.
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The terrain steepens as we get higher... Little Tahoma and Mt. Rainier in the distance.
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Looking over at Burroughs Mountain and the west end of Goat Island Mountain.
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Ever upward...
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Still climbing.
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After a lot of work we get a look at Meany Crest.
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Point 7573.
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Looking down on Summerland and over to Goat Island Mtn from Meany Crest (7211').
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Point 7573 from Meany Crest.
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Pano shot of Burroughs Mountain and Goat Island Mountain from Meany Crest.
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Heading for Point 7573 on nice slabs.
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Lots of nice camping spots on Point 7573.
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Looking across Panhandle Gap to Banshee Peak and the Cowlitz Chimneys from Point 7573.
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Looking down on Meany Crest from Point 7573.
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Mount Rainier as we head back down the steepest part of the climb.
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Looking back towards Meany Crest as we head back to Summerland.
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Flowers are still nice on the switchbacks between Summerland and the footbridge.
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We missed the bear action on the footbridge, but two people in our group got this photo.
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