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Tolmie Peak Pre-season
These are some of my pictures from visits to Tolmie Peak around 1990 or 1991. The best visit was my first, during Spring Break in high school, we started from the park entrance gate. Before the gate opens, you can hike 5 miles up the road to Mowich Lake. There, you are likely to have the place to yourself, especially if you are camping. From Mowich, a snowshoe hike to Tolmie Peak is possible.
Distance: 2.5 miles
Summit Elevation: 5,940 feet
Elevation Gain: 1,000 feet
Access: Nice Gravel Road
Spring climb during high school spring break
Puget Sound & Burnt Mountain on right
Mount St. Helens
Mount Rainier from the lookout
Alki Crest to Florance Peak
Arthur Peak
Mowich Lake parking and restrooms
Camping on the Mowich ranger cabin porch
Mowich Lake & Rainier with snow
Mowich Lake & Rainier in Summer
Spring at Mowich Lake
Mowich Lake looking toward Knapsack Pass
Tolmie Peak from Elizabeth Ridge/Paul Peak area
Eunice Lake
Eunice Lake from the lookout
Snowbridge near Mowich Lake
Mount Rainier & Eunice Lake
Tolmie Peak Lookout
Tolmie Peak highpoint
Puget Sound lowlands
Mowich Lake in summer