"One of my favorite hikes at Mt Rainier. The glacier had lots of cracks this time which are hard to spot until you are almost on them. You always see lots of goats around the Cowlitz Chimneys." — bryangharris • Jul 24, 2021

"Left Sunrise Point at 6:30 AM with the plan of doing the trailed portion of this loop before many folks were on the trail, then returning via the ridge line. Saw nobody on the trail until I got to Dege Peak. Possibly some light Class 3 on the route I took to Marcus Peak and descending from Marcus to the south, but overall Class 2. Saw quite the gamut of ungulates: deer, mountain goats, and bull elk (the latter bugling and locking antlers in the meadows). Any time my GPS track descends from the ridgeline, I was following a game trail. It was a spectacular, blue bird day, but started brisk (36* when I left Sunrise Point). Met a very nice man from Ohio named Ricardo on the summit of Dege. I wish he wasn't traveling so extensively during the pandemic, but I wish him luck on his tour of the West. Note: Peakery currently lists both "The Palisades" and "Palisades Peak" for some reason." — TynanRammGranberg • Aug 30, 2020

"Left Sunrise Point at 6:30 AM with the plan of doing the trailed portion of this loop before many folks were on the trail, then returning via the ridge line. Saw nobody on the trail until I got to Dege Peak. Possibly some light Class 3 on the route I took to Marcus Peak and descending from Marcus to the south, but overall Class 2. Saw quite the gamut of ungulates: deer, mountain goats, and bull elk (the latter bugling and locking antlers in the meadows). Any time my GPS track descends from the ridgeline, I was following a game trail. It was a spectacular, blue bird day, but started brisk (36* when I left Sunrise Point). Met a very nice man from Ohio named Ricardo on the summit of Dege. I wish he wasn't traveling so extensively during the pandemic, but I wish him luck on his tour of the West. Note: Peakery currently lists both "The Palisades" and "Palisades Peak" for some reason." — TynanRammGranberg • Aug 30, 2020

"Went out to scramble Denman Peak, Lane Peak and Wapaneyo, but had to turn around because of the weather worsening before reaching Wapaneyo. Car-to-car 7 hours. Denman Peak was easy, although I made it harder than I had to. Coming from the Plumber side, I started scrambling up on the east side of the ridge, but on the way down I discovered that the west side had an easy walk-up trail. After Denman, I continued to Lane Peak. The trail was still good and easy to find, albeit quite slippery with mud (there were a few muddy, slippery places before Denman already). I made my way to the plateau immediately below the summit, and then followed one of the chutes up (the part of the track more to the east). The rock was good, but a few times, I had to make a pretty big step, or pull myself up without great footholds. I think had I been shorter (I'm 6' 2"), I would have been worried about not being able to downclimb this (so be tall or be a better climber than I am). There is a pretty good tree almost at the top of that chute. After that tree, you're pretty much on the top and just have to climb over a few rock flakes to the left (west) to the summit. I think if I were to climb this again, ..." — mathiasricken • Sep 16, 2018

"Went out to scramble Denman Peak, Lane Peak and Wapaneyo, but had to turn around because of the weather worsening before reaching Wapaneyo. Car-to-car 7 hours. Denman Peak was easy, although I made it harder than I had to. Coming from the Plumber side, I started scrambling up on the east side of the ridge, but on the way down I discovered that the west side had an easy walk-up trail. After Denman, I continued to Lane Peak. The trail was still good and easy to find, albeit quite slippery with mud (there were a few muddy, slippery places before Denman already). I made my way to the plateau immediately below the summit, and then followed one of the chutes up (the part of the track more to the east). The rock was good, but a few times, I had to make a pretty big step, or pull myself up without great footholds. I think had I been shorter (I'm 6' 2"), I would have been worried about not being able to downclimb this (so be tall or be a better climber than I am). There is a pretty good tree almost at the top of that chute. After that tree, you're pretty much on the top and just have to climb over a few rock flakes to the left (west) to the summit. I think if I were to climb this again, ..." — mathiasricken • Sep 15, 2018