McClellan Butte

A longer, challenging hike that you'll have all to yourself for the most part. First two-thirds is treed but opens up near the top with sweeping views of Rainier to the south for the last third.The final half-mile of the trail circles the southwest side of the mountain ridge where you'll notice a large rocky summit block. Luckily, the summit block offers great handholds and plenty of places to put your feet to keep you feeling safe. This is some of the best climbing/scrambling you could hope for, though the fall exposure is significant. Even if you don't want to do the scramble, you are still rewarded with awesome views near the top.

This peak was named after George B. McClellan, a surveyor and Civil War General. He surveyed the Cascade Mountains in search of the best mountain pass to be used for a transcontinental railroad system.