{"id":4962,"date":"2023-09-20T17:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T17:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2024-03-17T22:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T22:30:23","slug":"burroughs-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/20\/burroughs-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Burroughs Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, July 28, 2023<\/p>\n<p>We headed back up to Sunrise today to do the Burroughs Mountain hike.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We arrived at Sunrise at 7:20 and got our stuff together. This Clark&#8217;s Nutcracker watched from the nearby rooftop:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230834159_ac523beb05_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230954940_84ea9c9227_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I cannot believe this even needs to be said. Who would keep stuffing trash into an overflowing trash can?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233878436_957b5e72f7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First of many views of Mt. Rainier we would have today:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53217961050_34427a940c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Off we go:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233877896_9dfca9a460_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234253329_2bd00ca678_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We soon reached Shadow Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53217817108_fd4927300d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we started climbing up:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53216628582_9fe1a2bfac_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53216628517_0937050a48_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53217502806_49fd6f2a38_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A little viewpoint with a great view:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53217816318_eec462f432_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53217500751_95bd0b3677_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A good view of Emmons Moraine:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53218011290_8a8357a22b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were down there two days ago, hiking up towards Glacier Basin:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53217814663_2438d1f3c0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53217889219_c7a1f1d2c0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Onwards:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53220187310_ae3e197b62_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At this point in the summer there was no snow, ice, or avalanche hazards:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233008592_19f64b12d0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53219679436_038c3d6554_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got a good view down into Glacier Basin. However all that green you see in the photo below was above the point where we hiked to two days ago. We had no idea there were all those meadows higher up:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53220062654_998e3961f3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Burroughs Mountain has three summits. That flat ridge below is Second Burroughs:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53219677101_5609f298ae_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tiny little lupine:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53220184545_37dac05cf8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234252929_f6b8790fb2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53220182685_e426459216_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53220182635_4a53ba9f33_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hiking across First Burroughs, with Second Burroughs straight ahead:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53219677041_293955bf77_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At this junction we headed toward Second Burroughs. Later we&#8217;d return to this spot and head down to Frozen Lake to loop back to our car:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234377580_513bf03030_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking down on where we were yesterday:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53219674476_2db54a07cc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53220057844_fb0ef4af4a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53219982648_5756b6d747_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A wide pano of the three shots above:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233008377_d31bc67f8f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh hey, there&#8217;s the mountain goats again!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53219672686_529cfa53c5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53229582482_bde73fe357_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost to the top of Second Burroughs:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53219672186_8e83083ca6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Made it!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53220180305_e6dfe28d30_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great view of Mt. Rainier, with Glacier Basin and the Inter Fork down below on the left:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222217269_42c36f7ab5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stopped to take a break and were accosted by golden-mantled ground squirrels who wanted our food. This is what happens when hikers feed the wildlife. They become aggressive to other hikers. They were cute, but we did not feed them:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233007447_2949af6eb3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233007437_84df934826_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233006857_683eb35c08_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234175768_c5c9ece454_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233874616_560d325dfd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233006167_a6cbecf96f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View over to Third Burroughs, where we were headed next:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233874246_4a6a80de92_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222334245_99700e601a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time to descend Second Burroughs. That&#8217;s Skyscraper Peak at center:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222139488_33e9070e10_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222135833_eeb80cf2f6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even at this high elevation we saw some scattered wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233874131_c041d817b7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View of distant Grand Park:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53221825361_8f2a8f68e5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Fremont and its fire lookout:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222327840_29e8c61e29_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Skyscraper Pass, Grand Park, and Mt. Fremont:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222211519_ed34e6c9ae_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Descending Second Burroughs on our way to Third:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222127068_6209c65fe3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222203504_ac1e099d9c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time to start climbing again:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233005027_6e3a756a9b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233872936_4320a016fe_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233873166_14ea7396ee_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234174133_b50ac7cac8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The view from Third Burroughs:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222336940_e0735e1817_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking west:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222148783_bfccac982c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think that lake down there is Mystic Lake, which is along the Wonderland Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222228339_6873eeff8d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking northwest:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222352555_e26a276b19_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53221845826_11d30a632a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking north at Skyscraper Peak and Mt. Fremont:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222234359_a750929af9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Fremont:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53221837211_9791848342_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230834044_5687190486_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zoomed in on Skyscraper Peak, with Grand Park behind and many glorious mountains beyond:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53221846236_cb35a7eb68_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking northwest with Frozen Lake visible below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222231864_6088a3109d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back to the east at Second Burroughs, where we just came from:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53222341470_5bcaeb6b9f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking southeast:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230457011_73538ce3e7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234379645_b71451de18_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some hardy penstemon and other flowers blooming up here:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233012722_46030dc304_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234182468_d6b581be2b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234181628_cf6058371e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Up here we didn&#8217;t have the golden-mantled ground squirrels to deal with, but some yellow pine chipmunks showed up:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234255869_f760fed5aa_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233011537_2b222281ef_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233880051_0e4e0b29c1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a break, we turned and headed back down:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230761983_c3fc99f5e3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back on Second Burroughs we scouted out this interesting rock formation around a bench we hadn&#8217;t seen the first time around:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233010782_cf98c4224e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234379970_b2b552c8c4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Descending the north side of First Burroughs down to Frozen Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234275068_8a6fd08d76_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back up the trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234474690_d47532f6cc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233974811_a3b5b5d40b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233975211_bda698dbef_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From Frozen Lake we turned south onto the Wonderland Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53229585297_969490c8b5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234347114_a98e2c9511_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230763728_5cec88f282_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234473415_f8e0573da8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another marmot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230456421_460c77a6dc_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we hopped onto the old service road that would take us back to the parking lot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53233974101_57f8c66c3b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were pretty footsore and tired by this point, but we perked up when saw a mama bear and her cub cross the road ahead of us:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230761868_91abb0272d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We approached cautiously and made our presence known, but the two were busy looking for food on the slope above the road and basically ignored us:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230834829_b3e07f9910_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53229583702_9d866a9b19_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53230956210_c86d4f0100_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yet more wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53234347364_31ab9bdecb_b.jpg\" alt=\"Burroughs Mountain Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were very tired when we got back to the car, but we were glad we did this hike!<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 9.4 miles, 2,315&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, July 28, 2023 We headed back up to Sunrise today to do the Burroughs Mountain 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