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07/24/24 - Mount Rainier

We spent a couple of days at Mount Rainier. We stayed outside the park in Ashford, but we had admission passes from recreation.gov, so it was easy to enter the park with minimal wait time. Parking was another matter. The lots fill quickly up at Paradise which sounds like an allegory, but is simply a fact. In any event, we found a spot and headed up the Skyline Trail.

It was an amazingly beautiful day. The sky was blue. The air was clear. We could see Mount Rainier above us and mountains far in the distance. The trails were busy with mountaineers carrying gear, families with children and so many others like us just admiring the scenery.


It was a very green year.

Early view of the mountain

First snowfield

Along the trail





A waterfall in the distance

That is probably Mount Hood in the distance








The sky changing

Mount Hood again


There were many waterfalls.

The water supply for Paradise

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