{"id":4057,"date":"2021-09-30T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2021-09-30T16:12:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:12:33","slug":"sunrise-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2021\/09\/30\/sunrise-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, September 6, 2021<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Before driving home today we did one last hike. We broke camp and drove up to Hurricane Ridge where we found that the clouds we&#8217;d been seeing all weekend had finally dissipated and it was a gorgeous sunny day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51494861244_5a2f7ac380_c.jpg\" alt=\"View from Hurricane Ridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We hit the trail, heading up to Sunrise Point:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51493352792_0d597ec040_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51494863824_a386a4bd7f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51495079345_69b0313740_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We passed some deer up at the point. They seemed pretty unconcerned with all the people around:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51494161701_72ea270102_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51494866589_e759604202_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51494164266_9d45abf089_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51494163356_276b47f7df_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51494383853_0e1353e90f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The view from Sunrise Point is somewhat obstructed by trees, but still pretty nice:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51493362357_07b022620c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s Hurricane Hill, which we <a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/31\/hurricane-hill\/\">hiked back in early August<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51494381123_c7b13edf70_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We continued past Sunrise Point, following the trail north:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500678775_0d61ee0de3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw the deer again on the slope below us:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500464234_6bfdb9b99d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Deer\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51499973278_fa98802e9f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Deer\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And an Olympic Marmot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500676370_8f4fc7a34b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Olympic Marmot\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51498960867_40d5b39782_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500470179_5e14595efa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everything is pretty brown now at this point, but it was probably really lovely up here in July with wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500682925_0616e7e293_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our turnaround point was just ahead in the trees below, where a climber&#8217;s trail heads up to Mt. Angeles:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51498957882_8d0f92d74a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heading back:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51499751346_322b2987ec_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found a nice spot just off the trail to sit and enjoy the view of the mountains. We saw many many hikers passing by. The temperature was perfect and it was really pleasant sitting here:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500963595_f47f2b8cc0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500260558_c7eabf57a1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500747094_189399774d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was hard to tear ourselves away and head back, but we finally packed up and continued back to the car:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500271193_896e6f83ba_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right near the parking lot we saw a marmot by the trail, a crowd of people circled around taking photos:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51500972475_108e9bbe76_c.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise Ridge Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 4.5 miles, 750 feet elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, September 6, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[216,161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4057"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4067,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions\/4067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}