2014-10-02_Brown Peak

MtRainier Panorama1960 IMG 0964xRainierSunrise960 Sunrise on Mt Rainier from Sunrise Point IMG 0973xOleDusty960 Nice place to park Ole Dusty IMG 0975xAllGoats960 Hillside photo taken fron Sunrise Point. The Goats like the warmth of the early morning sun.
IMG 0976xElkTracks960 Elk tracks in the trail IMG 0984xGoat960 Solo goat IMG 0991xGoats960 I counted about 40 goats on thise slope IMG 0993xGoats960 Mother Goat and kid
IMG 1002xTrail960 The trail IMG 1005xXmasTree960 An early Christmas Tree IMG 1007xRock960 Interesting rock IMG 1011xSilverTrees960 Silvered trees in the high country
IMG 1017xIceOnPond960 The ponds were frozen IMG 1018xPondSades960 View over the pond to the Palisades. IMG 1029xRainier960 A cloud is beginning to form over the mountain IMG 1033xRainierPalisades960 Mt Rainier and the Palisades
Bearpark Panoramax960 A view down into Bear Park. I hoped to see elk, but was too late. I could hear them bugling down below the lake. IMG 1043xCoyote Captured these two Coyotes with the long lens. IMG 1043bxCoyote960 A pair of Coyotes IMG 1052xKnownPeak960 Unknown mountain to the north
IMG 1065xRainierCap960 Cloud capped Mt Rainier IMG 1081xPaladasdes960 The Palisades and Upper Palisades Lake IMG 1082xRuts960 The trail up to Bear peak was very rutted in places. IMG 1086xBearRock960 The "Bear Rock" near the lake. There is a solo hiker having lunch.
IMG 1092xTrail960 View of he trail on the return hike. IMG 1095xTrailLog960 Log bridge IMG 1096xPassTrail960 Beginning the steep climb to the pass above Clover Lake IMG 1097xRockMoss960 Moss on a rock
IMG 1101xPassTrail960 The trail nearing the pass. IMG 1106xCloverLake960 Clover Lake IMG 1111xTrail960 More of the trail IMG 1116xMushroomTops960 Interesting little mushrooms
IMG 1118xMushrooms960 Growing on a log at the rock field switchback.