Eagle Peak Saddle: a few minor patches of snow on the way up (no problem), a few mosquitos at the saddle (sort of annoying), a few wildflowers (nice!), and a few ok views of Rainier (but see also...)
Chutla Peak: a class 3 scramble with no hard moves, but a bit of exposure in places with less rock / more veggie belays. Snow on the climbers trail to the final peak, steep enough that I'd want gear, but easy enough to bypass. Even if you can make it only to the first clearing on the ridge, the views of Rainier are that much better.
Eagle Peak: a fun scramble that's all class 3 on proper rock (more that Chutla) as long as you follow the beta to skip the rooty ravine + obvious class 4/5 wall and instead down climb ~40ft to the left and then climb back up the obvious ledge / ramp.
Epic views from both peaks but I think Eagle was more fun and had a nicer view of the Tatoosh overall.
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