South Slide Mountain - 9.19.2013
Directions to Sunrise Point from the fee station at the White River entrance to Mount Rainier National Park.
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My approximate route to the summit of South Slide Mountain... 9.5 miles roundtrip, gaining 3025 feet of elevation.
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A google earth look at the terrain around South Slide Mountain.
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I will use the Palisades Lakes Trail for the the first 3.5 miles of this hike.
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Mount Rainier from Sunrise Point... where I started from the Palisades Lakes Trailhead.
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From Sunrise Point... Sunrise Lake is below left... South Slide Mountain is on the far right... Marcus Peak and the Palisades are in the center of the photo.
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After hiking a short distance I will continue toward the upper palisades camp.
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After hiking 1.5 miles I arrived at a frosty Clover Lake.
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A better look at today's destination.
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Continuing toward the upper palisades camp.
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Dick's Lake.
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The Palisades... impressive.
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The treed summit of Brown Peak (6322')... I will be up there soon.
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Gaining elevation on the west ridge of Brown Peak... looking at The Palisades and Upper Palisades Lake.
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Brown Peak is on my right... with South Slide Mountain on the far left.
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Mount Rainier comes into view just before I reach the top of Brown Peak.
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A closeup... looking beyond Marcus Peak to Little Tahoma and Mt. Rainier.
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From Brown Peak the route is pretty obvious to South Slide Mountain.
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From Point 6480+ I am looking across The Palisades to Mount Rainier.
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South Slide Mountain from Point 6480+.
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Broad views from the summit (6620') of South Slide Mountain.
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A closeup of Little Tahoma and Mount Rainier from South Slide Mountain... The Palisades in the foreground.
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Self-portrait on the summit of South Slide Mountain.
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Looking across Govenors Ridge to Mount Adams on the horizon... Goat Rocks on the horizon on the far left... Tamanos Mtn, Cowlitz Chimneys and Banshee Peak on the right.
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A pano shot from the summit of South Slide Mountain... a 4.75 mile hike with lots of ups and downs to get back to the car.
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