Back to the parking lot......time to head home.
I finally made it to Third Burroughs!!! I was glad for such a beautiful sunny Labor day. (Nothing beats having a day off work, execpt maybe a day off work with hiking involved.) I took the Sourdogh Ridge trail past Frozen Lake to the Burroughs Mountain trail.
The snowfields up to First Burroughs were difficult as the were frozen solid. I was thankful that the park rangers were notifying people of the danger, as I have seen many people unprepared for the conditions. Just two days ago someone fell from one those snowfields atop First Burroughs and was badly injured.
I really enjoyed the views from atop Third Burroughs, Winthrop Glacier is an amazing sight to behold. Unfortunately, the views to the north were not as good as last week due to heavy smog from forest fire on the Olympic Penninsula.
Start Time: 08:51 am
End Time: 16:50 pm
Estimated Time on trail: 7 hours 40 minutes
Estimated time hiking: 6.5 hours
Approximate Distance: 10.43 miles
Average Speed: 1.6 miles/hour
Peak Elevation: 7,844 feet
Elevation Gain: 1,439 feet
Elevation Loss: 178 feet
Driving Directions: From Enumclaw,WA drive east 43 miles on State Route 410 to the Mount Rainier National Park White River Entrance. Veer right onto the Sunrise Road and follow it 17 miles west to the large parking lot and visitor center at the road's end.
www.nps.gov/mora/
Please check out my other blog posting of Burroughs Mountain. | | | | | | | | |
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Hey, I think I saw you - my husband and I were getting ready in the parking lot at the same time as you (I was going backpacking, he was dayhiking with me to Skyscraper Peak). Those snowfields on Burroughs looked pretty treacherous from below, especially the long one that went from snow to rocks to cliffs...ugh!
ReplyDelete@ Ingunn.....Glad to see you were out enjoying the mountains on such a beautiful day.
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