Middle Pyramid 9 Oct 2015

Garnet and I were unsure of our destination till the morning of the hike because of rain predictions. We decided to go for the view hike because it looked promising. Turned out it was cloudy and raining in the Cascades, but we only got misted on once and the clouds only made the skies more interesting. It was a beautiful fall day, solitude, color, mushrooms, and grand vistas. Only Jefferson was in the clouds, all the other peaks were visible.
4 mi 1800 ft gain
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Pyramids are left of center - we hiked up the Middle Pyramid (this photo was taking from the Whitewater trail to Jefferson Park)

vine maple

bunchberries

solomon seal

an old glacial cirque

very large clear wood

the curvy thing

check out the photo impression left on the red leaf in the middle on the next photo

North Pyramid

arriving at the top

Jefferson is in the clouds...Three finger Jack, Washington, Sisters and Broken Top

logging helicopter

Foreground is South Pyramid, left of center are Cone Peak and Iron Mtn

Cone Peak and Iron Mtn with the 'thumb'

looking toward Coffin Mtn - northwest

a bald eagle flew by while we were having lunch

South Pyramid with the colors in the glacial cirque below

pearly everlasting and red huckleberries

interesting oozing fungus

Middle Pyramid from the glacial cirque

funny mushrooms in the bark