The Palisades Lakes Trail is such a fun easy trail to Peaks, meadows and lakes alive in Fall color glory! I camped at Dicks Lake Camp in pleasant forest. I enjoyed the sunset hours by scrambling Marcus Peak 6962': first by hiking to Green Park saddle and ascending the Class 2 short North Ridge and descending the even more enjoyable Class 2 West Ridge.
Marcus and Palisade
Marcus from Green Park
North Ridge scramble
Marcus' shadow!
View south
West ridge scramble descent
Colors and Hidden Lake
Up at first light I thoroughly enjoyed the mostly game trail laden traverse of:
Brown Peak 6322'
South Slide Mountain 6620'
Slide Mountain 6339'
Sunrise from Brown Peak
South Slide sunshine
Bull elk below
Sluiskins and Grand Park
South Slide true summit
Moon set over Slide Mtn.
South Slide-Rainier-Slide Mtn
Geese headed south!
Gully route just left of peak
Ascent gully and Slide Mtn
Slide ridge and distant Crest
Beautiful Bear Park
Fall at the Palisades
Mount Rainier National Park
Only noteable route description was the steep gully off the lower east ridge of South Slide to gain access to the basin below Slide Mtn 6339'. Follow an obvious game trail around the east side of the northernmost S. Slide summit leading to a very steep vegetated gully (pictured in "S. Slide true summit" pic above). Then traverse high below the cliffs to the saddle between S. Slide and Slide on more game trails. I returned by ascending a more fun gully with solid scrambing on the edges below and just east of the summit of S. Slide (see pic labelled "Gully route"). Fun stuff!
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”-Mary Oliver
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
― MLK Jr.
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