Mount Rainier from Sourdough Ridge

On a return trip from eastern Washington my wife and I met my brother, Tim, at Mount Rainier and spent the day hiking with him. Both for the company and for the scenery it was one of the best days ever for hiking. When we arrived in the Sunrise area of Rainier the mountain was pretty well covered with clouds, but it was beginning to clear and it cleared completely and stayed clear the whole time we were hiking with the clouds moving in again as we left. It was the first time we'd been to this part of the national park, but it will not be the last. We hiked the First and Second Burroughs trails and part of the Third Burroughs trail and had a wonderful day together. Burroughs Mountain is a series of peaks that end right up against the northeastern face of Rainier and which provide some of the best views of the mountain anywhere. This was taken from Sourdough Ridge and the First Burroughs trail which continues in the distance in this photo and ends at the top of First Burroughs Mountain, the flat, open ridge in the distance.