Mt Rainier, White River Entrance
We drove down to Mt. Rainier again this weekend to the White River entrance, which was much closer to home than Nisqually and Paradise to the south. We parked at Sunshine Point and hit the Sourdough Ridge Trail to Dege Peak, 1.5 miles and 900 foot elevation gain. It was pretty rough for Connor, especially, but we all made it.
The trail to the peak.
Mt. Rainier.
Another glorious view.
A secluded alpine lake.
Michael rests for a bit.
Views are boring, Daddy!
Connor whined one too many times. So long!
On top of the world.
At Dege Peak.
This trail was excellent for grownups but not as exciting for little kids. There wasn't much to do along the way and the kids were not nearly as impressed with the views as we were. Also, as wonderful as Dege Peak is for getting a 360 degree view of, well, everything, it was overrun by nasty aggressive flies that made it very difficult to stay there for any length of time. We heard that it is always that way, strangely enough.
Rick and Connor went back the way we came, and Michael and I continued another 1.7 miles on the Sourdough Ridge trail to the Sunshine Visitors Center where we all met up. The views are excellent the whole way, but if we were to do something like this again with kids, we'd create more diversions for them along the way.
All in all, though, it was a wonderful trip.
The trail to the peak.
Mt. Rainier.
Another glorious view.
A secluded alpine lake.
Michael rests for a bit.
Views are boring, Daddy!
Connor whined one too many times. So long!
On top of the world.
At Dege Peak.
This trail was excellent for grownups but not as exciting for little kids. There wasn't much to do along the way and the kids were not nearly as impressed with the views as we were. Also, as wonderful as Dege Peak is for getting a 360 degree view of, well, everything, it was overrun by nasty aggressive flies that made it very difficult to stay there for any length of time. We heard that it is always that way, strangely enough.
Rick and Connor went back the way we came, and Michael and I continued another 1.7 miles on the Sourdough Ridge trail to the Sunshine Visitors Center where we all met up. The views are excellent the whole way, but if we were to do something like this again with kids, we'd create more diversions for them along the way.
All in all, though, it was a wonderful trip.
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