Berkeley Park — Thursday, Jul. 25, 2013

Mount Rainier Area > NE - Sunrise/White River

Beautiful day for a trip to Sunrise! Took about 2 hours from the Bellevue area to reach Sunrise. Decided to hike up to Sourdough Ridge, totally worth the little extra effort to walk up a meadow of wildflowers to see amazing views at the ridge. Views included Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Suntop Lookout and tons of other peaks. Casually hiked over to Berkeley Park...a few small snow fields to cross...no traction devices needed. The Park is blooming right now...found a flat rock to sit and enjoy views over the park including Mount Baker. Frozen Lake is very blue. If you walk up the Fremont Lookout trail just passed Frozen Lake...beautiful view of Mount Rainier and wildflowers Big flies are out...didn't get bit, but they were circling me most of the hike