Third Burroughs
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nwhikerThis is a hike in three parts out of Sunrise in Mt Rainier National Park.
First Burroughs is a large flat area with a beautiful view of Mt Rainier.
Second Burroughs is a bit higher and a bit closer with even better views.
We'd done both of those a few times already, once at least with all three kids.
This time it was just dh and me and we easily made it to Second Burroughs at which point we had a decision to make: to get to Third Burroughs, you have to drop about 500 ft of elevation, then regain it and a bit more, adding (iirc) about 1200 elevation, for an expected total a bit over 2500 ft. Which is a lot when most of that is above 6500 ft: highest elevation on the hike was just under 8000 ft. It also turns a 6-mile hike into a 9 plus mile one (it's supposed to be 9, but with the extra little bits and pieces, my Strava recorded 9.3).
Down we headed. Followed by up! Yes, you do get a bit closer and a big higher, but the real attraction of Third is, imo, the overlook on the glaciers. They're spikey! It wasn't too bad, we were definitely in ok shape for the hike, but I'm not sure it would be high on my bucket list to repeat. Glad we did it, though.
Headed back the way we came and after an encounter with some assholes with a dog (not allowed, the stupid fucks), we got back to Sunrise.
Flickr set of the hike, and I've actually put in some descriptions. My favs are linked below the cut.
How it started...
Me on the trail...
View from First Burroughs
View from Second Burroughs
The view of Third Burroughs from the saddle between the two
My idiotically narrated video from about the same location. Click to see it on Flickr.
View from the lower part of Third Burroughs, with dh for scale
See those spiky nasty glacier things. OMG.
Us from Third Burroughs
Dh's take on the way back...
And how it ended. I think we're looking a bit more tired!
Perhaps my fave video of the whole thing: boots on shale. So musical, right? Click to see it on Flickr.
It was a great hike! We have two more hikes, fingers crossed, planned for October. Then we have to get serious about getting flat-road-mileage since I think we're going to do the Seattle HALF Marathon again, and Perry might be there too, though he's planning on running it. We'll see.
There is not a day in my life when I do not think of Big Pharma and how much I owe them.
First Burroughs is a large flat area with a beautiful view of Mt Rainier.
Second Burroughs is a bit higher and a bit closer with even better views.
We'd done both of those a few times already, once at least with all three kids.
This time it was just dh and me and we easily made it to Second Burroughs at which point we had a decision to make: to get to Third Burroughs, you have to drop about 500 ft of elevation, then regain it and a bit more, adding (iirc) about 1200 elevation, for an expected total a bit over 2500 ft. Which is a lot when most of that is above 6500 ft: highest elevation on the hike was just under 8000 ft. It also turns a 6-mile hike into a 9 plus mile one (it's supposed to be 9, but with the extra little bits and pieces, my Strava recorded 9.3).
Down we headed. Followed by up! Yes, you do get a bit closer and a big higher, but the real attraction of Third is, imo, the overlook on the glaciers. They're spikey! It wasn't too bad, we were definitely in ok shape for the hike, but I'm not sure it would be high on my bucket list to repeat. Glad we did it, though.
Headed back the way we came and after an encounter with some assholes with a dog (not allowed, the stupid fucks), we got back to Sunrise.
Flickr set of the hike, and I've actually put in some descriptions. My favs are linked below the cut.
How it started...
Me on the trail...
View from First Burroughs
View from Second Burroughs
The view of Third Burroughs from the saddle between the two
My idiotically narrated video from about the same location. Click to see it on Flickr.
View from the lower part of Third Burroughs, with dh for scale
See those spiky nasty glacier things. OMG.
Us from Third Burroughs
Dh's take on the way back...
And how it ended. I think we're looking a bit more tired!
Perhaps my fave video of the whole thing: boots on shale. So musical, right? Click to see it on Flickr.
It was a great hike! We have two more hikes, fingers crossed, planned for October. Then we have to get serious about getting flat-road-mileage since I think we're going to do the Seattle HALF Marathon again, and Perry might be there too, though he's planning on running it. We'll see.
There is not a day in my life when I do not think of Big Pharma and how much I owe them.
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