Arrived at the White River parking lot at 8 thur. morning. Hiked to Dege Pk. Met one trail runner and until we hit the Sunrise parking lot on the way down-nobody. The weather was stupendous. The views from Dege are really extraordinary. George and I have hiked most of the trails in the park at one time or another but have never been to Dege. The crowds and how good could a close in hike be? Well worth the effort. We figure that a person could hike the 3rd Burroughs and Dege and have some of the best views in the park.
You have a 360 view from the peak. The Governors, Tamanos, all the major features of The Mountain, Grand Park, Freemont Lookout, The Burroughs, Huckleberry Basin, back of Green Park and Marcus Pk. and the Palisades and a great shot of Sunrise and Clover Lakes, Brown Pk. Mt., Adams and a lot more. We spent over an hour at the top and just soaked in the views and silence.
Gotta love Sunrise after the road closure. The Burroughs White River Loop and the hike to Freemont, which we did last year along with Dege are now some of our favorite hike. We start early (not Mary&Mollie early), and almost always have these hikes to ourselves until the return trip.
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Looks like you guys had a great hike! I was going back and forth this morning wether to do Burroughs or Dege. Went with Burroughs. Tough decision. I will enjoy your pictures and report instead!
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Mary&Mollie on Oct 20, 2023 12:14 PM
As we will of your hikes to the Burroughs, the Gap, Glacier Basin, Tamanos, and so on and so on. Hard to say our favorite. Guess we will go with whatever hike we are doing. As for the mouse, try borrowing a neighbors cat.
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slo go on Oct 20, 2023 04:05 PM