Mt Rainier
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176 photos
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Jay and I arrived in Rainier around mid-morning, and...
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Jay by the signpost indicating our turnoff for the...
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Closer view. The Wonderland Trail is a 93-mile route...
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Jay in front of some maple-like trees that were...
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Lots of trees had slabs of rock in the roots like this,...
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Jay being part of my bridges of the world collection.
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A bizarre tree making a 180 out of the ground and back...
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The path less traveled...
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Looking up into the canopy.
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Jay looking stoked to be on the "ridge" part of the...
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Looking back at the Longmire camp, where we started an...
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The Nisqually River bed snakes down the canyon; the...
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Jay hiking...
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Hey wait, what's that? It's Rainier! We stopped for...
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Catherine posed in front of the mountain.
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Looking off at the routes to be climbed another day.
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Another nice shot.
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Jay, Catherine, Rainier, and the tip of the rock the...
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A much smaller peak near Rainier, with evidence of...
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Further along the trail.
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Jay on another bridge.
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Looking up the trunk of a massive tree.
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Jay in front of a fallen tree.
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There were a lot of big trees in this forest. I think...
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Walkway on the Wonderland Trail, made from large strips...
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At the end of the hike - all smiles!
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A slice of Douglas Fir at the Longmire camp, with...
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Close-up of the date markers.
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Trying to look at Rainier on a topo map at the Longmire...
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The full model. At the bottom - the tan line is the...
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Steel plate girder bridge over the Nisqually River...
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I love simple roller supports.
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Looking at the trusses under the bridge. Fracture critical, yay!
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The bridge again. From far away, this looked like a...
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Catherine in the car between Longmire and Paradise.
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Starting up the Moraine Trail towards Deadhorse Creek...
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Looking at Rainier across some alpine meadows. It was...
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Do not assume that Rainier was all there was to see on...
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Jay hikes confidently towards a slight obstacle on the path.
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About this point, I turned around to look at the range...
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Jay with the trail and Mt. Adams behind to the left, St....
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Remember that huge steel bridge? There it is way down...
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We saw lots of climbers on the Skyline Trail, looking...
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We made it to Glacier Vista, 6300 ft. Paradise was at...
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Glacier Point, the nearby ridge, and Mt. Adams.
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Looking at Rainier from the SE. The main glacier to the...
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A guy was out photographing at Glacier Point, so we...
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Another picture with Rainier in the background.
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Some lupine-y wildflowers on the trail.
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Close-up of that waterfall from earlier.
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At Glacier Vista, a bee settled on my leg and would....
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More pictures of a big mountain.
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Big mountain, blue sky, great waterfall. What's not to love.
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See? Mr Bee is still there.
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It's amazing the rock formations that can be formed by...
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One tired hiker paused for a nap on the trail...
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More paths less traveled (paved edition).
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Ack! We obviously chose the wrong path back from...
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Where's Waldo, Skyline Trail edition.
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This path had rebar sticking out of the ground, and what...
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An even harder Where's Waldo... in there, there is a...
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I swear he's there. Sadly, the two times he popped his...
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Another shot of a meadow and Mt. Rainier.
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A map that would have been more useful to show before...
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Some information about the routes. We were trying to do...
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Mt. Rainier from the lower Paradise parking lot.
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More wildflowers. It was so nice to see things in bloom.
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I took this picture four times. Jay looks great in all...
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Hikers heading to the car...
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Mount Rainier from the airplane. St. Helens is in the...
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Second shot of Rainier. Tucson desert, this is not!
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The road to Rainier! Li'l Blue managed to get through...
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My friend Jeremiah from grad school came to visit in...
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We headed to Mt. Rainier and parked at the Longmire...
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Neither Jeremiah nor I had snowshoed before, but it was...
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One of the ranger station lodges at Longmire.
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Catherine suited up for the hike.
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Catherine hiking. I think Jeremiah's and my camera...
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Bridge!
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Looking up into the trees.
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Jeremiah heads up the trail.
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Crazy tree still exists! ...
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Catherine hiking uphill.
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Catching snowflakes on my tongue!
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Snow on the treetops.
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Jeremiah with a slight view.
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Probably pausing to change gear. Or set up my phone to...
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Looking down towards the Longmire Lodge.
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More snow, trees, and clouds.
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A little birdie landed precariously on the top of this tree.
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Tweet tweet.
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When I was last here, the view was much better....
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Self-photo.
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The snow made the area very peaceful.
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D'oh! Snowflake ruined this one.
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More pretty trees.
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Looking down on Longmire.
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This was one of the nicest parts of the trail. Good...
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Jeremiah up the trail.
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Tunnel. Alternate pathway?
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The wide, wonderful views from the lookout.
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Catherine at the lookout. I probably can cut off the...
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Continuing to hike.
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Observing the wide world to my left.
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And considering starting a death tumble.
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Nearing a big clearing on the trail.
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Jeremiah in the snow.
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I wasn't 100% sure this meadow wasn't actually a lake. ...
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It's funny how everything looks like it was taken in...
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Close-up of a tree branch with snow.
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I still have no idea what was going on here. There was...
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AND, we had to walk directly underneath it. ...
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Cool split tree trunk.
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I think at least one of us took a picture of every...
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Very strange-looking cliffs that I thought the...
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Another shot.
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Back in the car after hiking. Time to head back to OlyWa.
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Looking down the Nisqually River from the Nisqually...
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Looking back at the bridge, of course.
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Roof beams in the main room of the Paradise Inn, Mt Rainier.
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Giant grandfather clock made with log accents.
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Another shot of the framing.
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Mt Rainier from the Paradise Inn. Clouds were definitely...
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Another shot of Rainier.
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Looking down at the Inn. Bob and Lucie had rented a room...
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I never actually figured out if these were the same logs...
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There was a Mail Bear, for all your mailing needs.
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Friday morning, Lucie and I set off on a hike from the...
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Most of our path can be seen on this map. Our full route...
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Bob came with us the first bit, then circled back...
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We didn't see too much wildlife, but did see this guy -...
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Myrtle Falls and a bridge.
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Catherine on the bridge over Myrtle Falls.
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Looking up into the meadows. Sadly, the clouds from the...
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Fortunately, the view away from the mountain was clearer...
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Quick, who can spot the marmot??
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Here's a clearer shot. We saw at least three in this talus pile.
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Panorama looking away from Mt Rainier towards what I...
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Sawteeth Mountains (?) and some wildflowers.
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Another bridge!
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And another! This one appears to have a structural flaw,...
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Catherine by a stream through a beautiful meadow.
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Can you see the marmot?!
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How about now?
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Note: that's our trail he's peering over. I eventually...
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And so willing to pose for us.
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Big fat nose.
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These reminded me of the flowers Mom planted on my porch.
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Meadow + flowers. If it had been clear, Mt Rainier would...
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I convinced Lucie to divert from our path to Sluiskin...
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Lucie stayed on the edge and I ran down to have my...
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Glimpses of mountains, and wildflowers.
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Lucie hiking down the Lakes Trail. There is some blue in...
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I turned back to see how far the blue had reached...
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Later, a little more.
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And later, still more!
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Meanwhile, we had hiked our way into some beautiful...
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I didn't get any incredible shots, but you can see why...
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When we reached Faraway Rock (I believe) overlooking...
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The clouds didn't clear to a point of a great view while...
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Also, Lucie took this awesome shot of me.
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Close-up isn't as good, but again, shows Louise Lake below.
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The Reflection Lakes are another popular destination for...
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Of course, they hope and wait for clearer skies and...
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But I was happy with what I could capture (yes, that is...
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Another try.
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And then it all cleared and I got this shot! Okay, I...
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Catherine plus part of a mountain.
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The top of the mountain peaked out for a bit.
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Reflection Lake and the top of Mt Rainier. And some clouds.
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Top of the mountain.
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Wildflowers on the side of the road.
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Bob later informed us that while Lucie and I looked at...
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Beautiful waterfall next to the 4th Crossing Trail...
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I am sure that water is so cold. But so clear!
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Instagramed version of the stone bridge on the Valley...