Tolmie Lookout
Tolmie Peak (elev 5900 ft) Lookout tower was built in 1933 and is one of four such towers still standing inside Mount Rainier National Park and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1991. To get there and back its a 7.5 mile trek that I like to say is uphill both ways with 1100 feet of elevation gain, but the hard part is the 17 miles of washboard gravel road to Mowich Lake.
It affords one with a rare view of the Northwest face of the volcano which appears more domelike without it's companion peak, Little Tahoma. (Pic in comments for those who haven't seen it.) pss (I added a view from the bottom, look CLOSELY) :)
Tolmie Lookout
Tolmie Peak (elev 5900 ft) Lookout tower was built in 1933 and is one of four such towers still standing inside Mount Rainier National Park and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1991. To get there and back its a 7.5 mile trek that I like to say is uphill both ways with 1100 feet of elevation gain, but the hard part is the 17 miles of washboard gravel road to Mowich Lake.
It affords one with a rare view of the Northwest face of the volcano which appears more domelike without it's companion peak, Little Tahoma. (Pic in comments for those who haven't seen it.) pss (I added a view from the bottom, look CLOSELY) :)