Mount Fremont

Sunday dawned sunny and clear; a perfect day for hike. Hmm...where to go? If you follow our blog regularly, you may have noticed a pattern.

Mount Rainier NP; the Sunrise visitor center. There are probably a dozen great day hikes from there, which is why it's our preferred destination for the 3 months of the year it's actually open.

This time, we hiked to the 7200' summit of Mount Fremont. It's quite a bit less strenuous and shorter than our trip a couple weeks ago (see "Burroughs Mountain" below), which means that it was a bit more crowded. Since it's further away from Mount Rainier itself, it's also a notch or two lower on the scale of "spectacular-ness." Still a great hike though, and perfect for those who don't want to spend all day out there (4 hours round-trip, including a leisurely picnic lunch at the top).

Since the terrain & scenery are similar to Burroughs, we refrained from taking too many pictures (there are exactly 5 in the album). The one difference is that we did see a marmot this time...although he was camera shy. A group (herd? pack?) of mountain goats lives on Mount Fremont as well, but unfortunately there wasn't any sign of them today.