I had my route planned but I still didn't know if I had enough time do it all. I started out going on the Silver Creek trail. A new sign was there to greet me.
Hen Skin Lake, a good place to relax and it is less than two miles away from the Base Area. From Hen Skin Lake it took Crystal Mountain Trail.
Here's a self portrait on me and the magnificent Mt. Rainier.
From the Summit House I went down the Northway Trail, here is the Northway chair lift.
The Northway Trail is really beautiful and goes along this ridge and you have a good view of Mt. Rainier for more than a mile. Here is maybe a good bivy site as well. I will have to come back, although there nothing to protect me from the wind.
Here is a rock formation that I think was bolted recently, although I didn't see any signs of bolts. The Northway Trail went on for a long ways, I was beginning to think I was on the wrong trail.
Finally the bridge.
And the Sand Flats Horse Camp, about 3 miles away form the Base Area on Crystal Mountain Blvd.
I crossed the boulevard and was then on the Norse Peak Trail headed up a different way than I had been previously.
The sun was setting, I wasn't quite to the top yet. Here is a view of Mt. Adams in alpenglow.
I finally made it to my bivy site, with 20 minutes before dark. Woo-Hoo!
A beautiful day, and great views of the shooting stars later on is the night.
The next day I hiked down to Basin Lake.
But before I got there I saw some wildlife, it's a small herd of white tailed deer.
My self about to go down to Basin Valley.
From the Basin Lake Trail I hooked up with the Union Creek Trail and I took a side trail that landed me on top of the Bullion Basin Trail and headed back to the Alpine Inn.
Here a map with the red done in the afternoon and evening and the blue done the next day.
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