After an uneventful first few miles hiking up an old logging road it was time to try to follow a subtle trail. Opting to bypass the rock field that's barely…
Umm...can you see the trail? Me either! There were a few cairns along the way and some infrequent flagging, but it was mostly aiming generally uphill in hopes…
Surprise surprise, there was a meadow just below the ridge. Unfortunately there was no obvious trail through this fragile section so I did my best to stay on…
It was quite pretty with some fall colors appearing.
The first view of the summit of Rooster Mountain after attaining the ridge. Still quite a distance to go and elevation to climb.
Making my way along ridge. Thankfully some wonderful person had done a great job clearing a path through the brush so the ridge was one of the easier parts of…
Can you spot the cairn? Most were about this obvious so I missed a few while hiking uphill. On the way down they were easier to spot.
Yeah, no thanks. Here's the rock field I avoided by coming out of the valley to the left and continuing on towards the farthest rock fields before turning…
Traversing the side slope towards the last few hundred feet of elevation.
It is really, really steep off the north side of Rooster Mountain down towards Mowitch Lake.
Well, hello good friend Mt. Rainier. Nice of you to make a showing, as you usually do during most summit hikes in the Central Cascades.
Looking off to the east with the steep wall of Rooster Mountain's summit block.
Down below is Marten Lake, which we hiked to last summer.
View from the lunch spot with Glacier Peak just visible in the distance.
Putting the camera's zoom lens to use to get a better view of Glacier Peak.
The unclimbable side of the summit block.
The climbable side. It's a little bit tricky, but there are plenty of foot and hand holds.
