Burroughs Mountain - 7.28.2014
Directions from the fee station at the White River entrance of Mt. Rainier National Park up to the Sunrise Visitor Center.
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This map shows our trip from the Sunrise Visitor Center to First, Second and Third Burroughs Mountain... ~9 miles roundtrip, gaining ~2800 feet of elevation.
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Sunrise Visitor Center... nice to be able to park the car at 6400 feet.
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Most folks go up to Sourdough Ridge from the visitor center and then out to First Burroughs Mountain... but we decided to follow this utility road that passes by Sunrise Camp on the way to First Burroughs.
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Heading for Sunrise Camp.
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Denali Girl on the utility road that will lead us to Sunrise Camp... First Burroughs Mtn is in the foreground.
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From Sunrise Camp we can see the Sourdough Ridge Trail cutting across the rocky slope above.
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We have passed by Sunrise Camp below and are heading for the Emmons Overlook on our way up to First Burroughs.
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Lots of nice flowers in the area of Sunrise Camp... lupine, paintbrush, mountain bistort, sitka valerian and others.
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Denali Girl at Emmons Overlook... with Little Tahoma and Rainier behind... and Emmons Glacier in the center of the photo.
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From Emmons Overlook we are looking down on the White River coming out of Emmons Glacier... the tarn/lake is unnamed... Goat Island Mountain is left foreground... Little Tahoma is above right.
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Looking back toward Sunrise from Emmons Overlook.
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Mt. Rainier towers over Mt. Ruth and Steamboat Prow in the foreground... Little Tahoma on the left.
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Still gaining elevation... we can see the trail above... as it cuts across the rocky slope.
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Yours truly on a trail that has received a lot of great work over the years... my head is between Mt. Ruth (left) and Steamboat Prow.
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We are going to have to cross a short patch of snow on steep terrain.
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After crossing the snow patch we made a few careful steps to get back on the trail.
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A gaggle of goats near the top of First Burroughs Mtn.
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From First Burroughs we can see the trail leading up to Second Burroughs.
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From First Burroughs... Skyscraper Mtn on the right... Crescent Mtn, Tyee Peak and the Sluiskins in the center... with the massive Old Desolate on the left... Berkeley Park is below.
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Denali Girl and others continue toward Second Burroughs.
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Looking back at First Burroughs as we continue to Second Burroughs.
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ragman and Denali Girl on the high point (7402') of Second Burroughs.
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From Second Burroughs we are going to have to give back 400 feet of elevation to get over to Third Burroughs on the far right... but not to worry, we will get to regain the elevation on our return... ugh!
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Gaining elevation on the way to the summit of Third Burroughs on the far right.
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Looking back at the flat Second Burroughs as we continue for Third Burroughs... Mt. Fremont on the left.
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On the summit ridge of Third Burroughs... looking back at Second Burroughs and Mt. Fremont.
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It will be a stroll from here to get over to the summit (7828').
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Looking down on the Winthrop Glacier from Burroughs Mtn... Little Tahoma on the far left... with Mt. Ruth and Steamboat Prow in the left foreground... and of course Mt. Rainier dominates.
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A closer look at some of the crevasses on the Winthrop Glacier.
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Skyscraper Mtn (far left), Mt. Fremont (center) and Second Burroughs from Third Burroughs.
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Old Desolate in the foreground... with the Sluiskins to the right... and Fay Peak and Mother Mountain on the left horizon.
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A closeup of Observation Rock (left) and Echo Rock from Third Burroughs.
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A closer look at the peaks over by Mowich Lake and Spray Park.
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A look at Panhandle Gap (above Summerland), Banshee and the Cowlitz Chimneys... with the massive Goat Island Mountain in the foreground.
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Back on Second Burroughs and heading for First Burroughs in the distance.
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We are on the NW side of First Burroughs and heading for Frozen Lake... where we will return to Sunrise via the Sourdough Ridge Trail.
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On the Sourdough Ridge Trail... heading for the Sunrise Visitor Center... we can see the utility road below that took us to Sunrise Camp at the start of our hike.
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On the Sourdough Ridge Trail... looking back at First Burroughs... and down at Sunrise Camp in the meadow below.
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From the Sourdough Ridge Trail we can see the Sunrise Visitor Center... Govenors Ridge, Barrier Peak and Tamanos Mtn in the left-center... with the Cowlitz Chimneys and Banshee Peak on the right.
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