Skyscraper Mountain, Skyscraper Pass, Sourdough Ridge & Fremont Lookout — Saturday, Jul. 1, 2017

On Saturday we hiked to Skyscraper Pass!  I've included a few other sections we travels or had good view of, as well!

We left the car at 8 am.  Sourdough ridge has many patches of snow, but most are safe and easy to cross.  There are a few that are a little steep, especially closer to Frozen Lake.  The steep snow patches continue, and some even get sketchier, the closer we got to Skyscraper.  There are several that we wouldn't have been comfortable with at least pole, but were extremely grateful for our microspikes, and we kept them on a majority of the hike.  The later in the day it got, the more packed in the foot tracks were and the easier they were to pass through.

Fremont Lookout seemed as if there was no snow past the 5-way junction at Frozen Lake.
Grand Park, from above, appeared to be snow free, as well.  
Burroughs still has a significant amount of snow, and looked like something we wouldn't want to tackle until more snow melted, although there were several hikers enjoying that trail the same day.

We stopped at a very nice pile of rocks right in front of Skyscraper Mountain.  The ridge approaching it looked a little sketchy, so we decided to not summit today.  Views from out resting spot were amazing none-the-less!

We saw a few critters throughout the day!  We saw a Mountain Bluebird early in the morning, but I was too slow to capture a photo.  We saw a couple of marmots, several chipmunks, and 2 small groups of goats from a distance (including 2 adults with 2 babies!)

Overall wonderful day, so glad that Sunrise is finally open for the season!