I love the views from the Fremont Lookout trail, from the Sunrise area – 360 degrees of gorgeous! Unfortunately it was fairly hazy and we didn’t have good visibility of the North Cascades, but it’s still well worth heading out this way for the views of Tahoma and surrounding areas. The wind was intense at times, but that helped with mosquitoes and also with the heat later in the day.
After the Fremont Lookout, we hiked down toward Shadow Lake, with a little mini-glissade (my only one of the year!) and then up toward the Emmons Vista, with wonderful views down into the White River Valley, the Emmons Glacier, and Mt. Rainier. We missed seeing a mama bear + 2 cubs by less than a minute! But we saw a lot of marmots, always fearless and they seem to love to pose for photos.
