Rampart Ridge Trail

Location Description

74 photos

Jay and I arrived in Rainier around mid-morning, and...
Jay by the signpost indicating our turnoff for the...
Closer view. The Wonderland Trail is a 93-mile route...
Jay in front of some maple-like trees that were...
Lots of trees had slabs of rock in the roots like this,...
Jay being part of my bridges of the world collection.
A bizarre tree making a 180 out of the ground and back...
The path less traveled...
Looking up into the canopy.
Jay looking stoked to be on the "ridge" part of the...
Looking back at the Longmire camp, where we started an...
The Nisqually River bed snakes down the canyon; the...
Jay hiking...
Hey wait, what's that? It's Rainier! We stopped for...
Catherine posed in front of the mountain.
Looking off at the routes to be climbed another day.
Another nice shot.
Jay, Catherine, Rainier, and the tip of the rock the...
A much smaller peak near Rainier, with evidence of...
Further along the trail.
Jay on another bridge.
Looking up the trunk of a massive tree.
Jay in front of a fallen tree.
There were a lot of big trees in this forest. I think...
Walkway on the Wonderland Trail, made from large strips...
At the end of the hike - all smiles!
The bridge again. From far away, this looked like a...
Close-up of that waterfall from earlier.
The road to Rainier! Li'l Blue managed to get through...
My friend Jeremiah from grad school came to visit in...
We headed to Mt. Rainier and parked at the Longmire...
Neither Jeremiah nor I had snowshoed before, but it was...
One of the ranger station lodges at Longmire.
Catherine suited up for the hike.
Catherine hiking. I think Jeremiah's and my camera...
Bridge!
Looking up into the trees.
Jeremiah heads up the trail.
Crazy tree still exists! ...
Catherine hiking uphill.
Catching snowflakes on my tongue!
Snow on the treetops.
Jeremiah with a slight view.
Probably pausing to change gear. Or set up my phone to...
Looking down towards the Longmire Lodge.
More snow, trees, and clouds.
A little birdie landed precariously on the top of this tree.
Tweet tweet.
When I was last here, the view was much better....
Self-photo.
The snow made the area very peaceful.
D'oh! Snowflake ruined this one.
More pretty trees.
Looking down on Longmire.
This was one of the nicest parts of the trail. Good...
Jeremiah up the trail.
Tunnel. Alternate pathway?
The wide, wonderful views from the lookout.
Catherine at the lookout. I probably can cut off the...
Continuing to hike.
Observing the wide world to my left.
And considering starting a death tumble.
Nearing a big clearing on the trail.
Jeremiah in the snow.
I wasn't 100% sure this meadow wasn't actually a lake. ...
It's funny how everything looks like it was taken in...
Close-up of a tree branch with snow.
I still have no idea what was going on here. There was...
AND, we had to walk directly underneath it. ...
Cool split tree trunk.
I think at least one of us took a picture of every...
Very strange-looking cliffs that I thought the...
Another shot.
Back in the car after hiking. Time to head back to OlyWa.