{"id":4968,"date":"2023-09-23T01:16:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T01:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4968"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:35:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:35:50","slug":"naches-peak-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/23\/naches-peak-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Naches Peak Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, July 30, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The last hike of our Mt. Rainier trip was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wta.org\/go-hiking\/hikes\/naches-peak-loop\">Naches Peak Loop<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We arrived at Chinook Pass at 7:20 in a successful attempt to beat the crowds. Tipsoo Lake was misty and cloud as we set off up the trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53249097895_91712c92f3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53248890983_337b8560d4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53248892068_d9b1b4519e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53248889573_cb1daeec4f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This area is heavily used and unfortunately signs like this don&#8217;t seem to be helping:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261495132_a256395602_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261507382_3cf557dd42_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lots of western pasque flower gone to seed:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53249097855_264e87e59a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53247718037_92573cd379_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53248595056_30d7203730_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261495042_b81d766f2f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We crossed the highway via a footbridge:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262374066_b7483465c9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53248593191_2e43be3f10_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53248889068_ea2ebc95e2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262373571_17b200442a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53250721466_88438a5efd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53251238835_9927b54073_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were lots of wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53247715932_840c1b0b09_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53251253210_a981f821c8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53251048793_37c94ba424_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53251112539_4d4e441b6e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached a lovely little tarn:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53250753151_afdec154fd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53251047288_8ba8874b79_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the tarn we also saw a mama ptarmigan and her babies:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261497002_a847f755a6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262375781_2f4a7fb818_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53254693005_0c5d1d2f77_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262726249_d96e5fda87_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After awhile at the tarn we continued on. Looking back:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53253317532_766419681c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53254553789_c03c8e9e13_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53254694610_54505c408e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lovely views!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53254694775_91d999468f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached a viewpoint over Dewey Lake, which was hidden below the clouds:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262383621_3f732acd45_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after that we reached a junction where we turned left. We had been in the William O. Douglas Wilderness of the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest. Now we entered Mt. Rainier National Park:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261509407_dcbf26af51_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Entering clouds:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261503767_20923fd03f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached another tarn. This one may have had a reflection of Mt. Rainier, but the mountain was shrouded in clouds, making only seconds-long appearances:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262861730_0549cf8ee7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Further along we came across a viewpoint with no view:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262737934_7d79506221_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Rainier is out there somewhere!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262382341_51098253bd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Why pick wildflowers if you&#8217;re just going to dump them on the trail???<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262388491_cccd26ddea_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Peekaboo mountain in the clouds:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262674243_ae267f2d91_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261501982_cd0aa8e462_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Making the descent down to the trailhead:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262673303_817d7e2231_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A view of the highway down below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262730544_ae9f2b5c23_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262680593_dee1228e37_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We passed Upper Tipsoo Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262736579_b71825f077_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262386556_d775d2f634_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We crossed back over the highway and walked along Tipsoo Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262378636_bc07538932_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262671823_daa28d4b62_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261500302_16b4d3315a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262736459_dea81a54c2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262377541_76fc522713_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262856350_713b5ffdde_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262669993_91610f7c03_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw hundreds of tadpoles in the lake. Cool!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53261497157_a2f8e4be26_b.jpg\" alt=\"Naches Peak Loop\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trailhead was a total zoo when we finished our hike. Time to skedaddle!<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 4 miles, 600&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, July 30, 2023 The last hike of our Mt. 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