Naches Peak Loop
Aug 09, 2009
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Hikingqueen
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Aug 09, 2009 04:22 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Tipsoo Lake-Naches Peak Loop
- Region: Mt. Rainier -- SW - Cayuse Pass / Steven's Canyon
- Agency: Mount Rainier National Park
- Avg Rating: 4.16
- Why You Should Go Now
- Wildflowers blooming
Naches Loop 8-9-09
Decided I better get out and hike before the rain comes. Annie agreed to come with me, she’s never done this loop and flowers are still pretty good right now. We started around Tipsoo lake about 8:00. Fog and clouds were hanging around but blue sky peaked out at times. Never did see the mountain but that was okay. Annie will just have to come again when fall hits and see changing of the colors and mountain. It was quite mysterious at times with the low fog and clouds always changing. Very few bugs bothered us today. We stopped and identified several flowers today. Some I had never seen. I think my new favorite is Bird’s –beak Lousewort. We took a leisure stroll today, I wanted an easy hike we looked for wildlife in many open areas. There was hardly anyone on this popular trail today. I ate a few blueberries that were ripe, and they were delicious! At the end of the trail we both didn’t want it to end so we took a side detour to another small tarn and followed a path to a big rock spot and had lunch and relaxed watched the butterflies and spotted 3 deer on the hillside. Wonderful way to end the hike. Back home by 2:00, still time to get some housework done.
Decided I better get out and hike before the rain comes. Annie agreed to come with me, she’s never done this loop and flowers are still pretty good right now. We started around Tipsoo lake about 8:00. Fog and clouds were hanging around but blue sky peaked out at times. Never did see the mountain but that was okay. Annie will just have to come again when fall hits and see changing of the colors and mountain. It was quite mysterious at times with the low fog and clouds always changing. Very few bugs bothered us today. We stopped and identified several flowers today. Some I had never seen. I think my new favorite is Bird’s –beak Lousewort. We took a leisure stroll today, I wanted an easy hike we looked for wildlife in many open areas. There was hardly anyone on this popular trail today. I ate a few blueberries that were ripe, and they were delicious! At the end of the trail we both didn’t want it to end so we took a side detour to another small tarn and followed a path to a big rock spot and had lunch and relaxed watched the butterflies and spotted 3 deer on the hillside. Wonderful way to end the hike. Back home by 2:00, still time to get some housework done.
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