We spent the 1st couple hours of our last day of vacation repacking our luggage to be able to successfully get on the plane (no small task). There was time for a half day hike so we decided to start from the Sunrise Visitor Center and hike up Mount Fremont. This was about a 6 mile round trip and only took a couple hours. There was a 900' elevation gain. Leesa went on a separate excursion partway up Burroughs Mountain and then on the Silver Forest trail. She had also made a separate trip to Sunrise (at sunrise) to watch the sun come up. The rest of us slept until she got back.
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| Sunrise at Sunrise |
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| Horseshoe Bend, Sunrise Road |
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| Looking down from the hairpin turn on the Sunrise Road |
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Sunrise Visitor Center Kiosk
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| Zack and Nick starting towards Mount Fremont |
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| Frozen Lake |
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| Frozen Lake |
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| Frozen Lake up close |
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| Mount Fremont with the Lookout Tower in the distant background |
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| Zooming in on the Mount Fremont Lookout Tower |
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| Zack and Nick on the Mount Fremont trail |
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| at the lookout tower |
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| Nick, Mike and Zack |
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| Looking through the flowers towards Rainier from the Lookout Tower |
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| Leesa, heading towards Burroughs Mountain |
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| A chipmunk found a Kashi treat from someone, or was he just hoping to? |
At 3 PM we were back at the back and it was time to head back towards Seattle for our over night flight back home. In 7 seven days, we didn't have a drop of rain. 6 sunny days, and one day with a mix of sun and clouds. We were sorry to be heading home, but it had been a perfect vacation, and a wonderful 1st trip out west for Zack and Nick.
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