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Mt. Rainier from Skyline Trail. August 2016.
This was the best day of summer. The trails were crowded, but the view of the mountain and flowers along the way made for an amazing day.
I just realized that I had not yet shared the view with my flickr friends. Enjoy.
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Mt. Rainier from Panorama Point. August 2016.
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We found a beautiful clear tarn on that Paradise Glacier Trail. I used an ND filter and used lightroom to bring out colors and contrasts.
Try this: Press the letter 'Z'.
Happy Friday everyone, hope all are well and happy. :)
This is the scene one gets once they clear the canopy on the way to Summerland, (an amazing campsite on the Wonderland Trail with an incredible view of Rainier) and if I'm not mistaken it's on the other side of that peak but you have to go around to get there. Anyway, the plan was to take the Wonderland all the way to Indian bar, but when I started climbing Panhandle Gap up there, visibility was zero so I had to save that for another day. The view (which appeared for about an hour) in comments.
This is where I was headed when I turned back, the neck bending view of Rainier from Kautz Creek is nothing short of amazing. I'll try this again with the new rig in a couple of months. :-)
Oh, and tectonic plates. Standing here the Earths upheaval is oh so apparent. Out there, off to the right the tallest bump in the landscape is the stratovolcano Glacier Peak, about 130 miles to the north, it is rated as very high impending eruption, so is Baker off frame to the left. Same for Rainier and Saint Helens, Adams however is only rated as high and is expected to collapse rather than explode as the gasses within erode the dome.
On this day all is calm, slightly chilly in my t-shirt, light breeze, and for the first time in a long time the worlds worries disappeared for a while for me.
Sunset light at Sunrise Visitor Center, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA.
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Rainier Reflected? Little Tahoma Peak is the dark peak to the right of Mt. Rainier.
I shot this one around 11 PM as the full moon lit up the mountain. The photo looked very clear in my viewfinder. When I got home I needed to work the software to get the image to show up at all. Next time I will make sure I am shooting RAW when shooting night photos. Finding an easy way to focus in the dark is still difficult. Turning all the way to infinity does not work. Perhaps I need a wide angle lens with a single focal length?
It was a challenge to find the right spot in the dark. I admit to getting 'a little bit turned around' and could not find the stairs back to the car.
Comments, criticism and suggestions welcomed here.
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It's hard for me to pull my eyes off of the mountain on clear days, but the morning glory going on in the East was wonderful to behold and very short lived. Taken from the largest of the Reflection Lakes.
Blow it up, this really needs to be full screen to be enjoyed.
I went back and finished the Palisades hike, still had some smoke unfortunately, but the views were amazing. Tarns I'd passed a week prior were gone, the flowers had waned and as you can see the water levels are down. August 2018 is in it's final days and some of the leaves are already changing. Someone slow things down please.
A special thank you to the young lady I passed on the trail, you know who you are.... :-)
Howdy, I'm alive and mostly well. :-)
I have literally been working nights days and weekends, I was on overtime Wednesday afternoon, but whatever, here it is 3 am and I'm hoping to go to sleep soon....
anywho, I just watched a documentary on Ansel Adams, A photographer that I must admit to have never heard of until people threw his name my way on occasion and until this evening didn't really know who or what he was. I immediately went to Lr and processed this (one of two shots yet unprocessed that I have left.....) If you want to take the time and compare it to 'feeling small', or 'nothin to see here' , you'd see the difference in style. almost the same take, much different vibe. AA wanted to bring what he felt more than what he saw and I think this is along those lines. It is a subtle difference, but an important one I think. Looking at this stirs my soul, looking at this brings back that giddyness that I experienced watching the scene unfold. what do you think?
Once again I've fallen behind and I don't see me catching up soon as it is hectic here with work and the holidays are racing at me, but I wanted to throw this out there for debate before I checked out.
please take a moment to blow this up and tell me what you think.
If you travel along Chinook Creek you will see that it has carved several drops and many a twisty turn as it makes it's way to the Cowlitz river, none more beautiful than this one.
Stafford Falls is a 25' plunging punchbowl just off the beaten path and was a complete surprise to me. I saw a small side trail and almost didn't take it, but I'm so glad I did. The temperature dropped ten degrees suddenly and then this appears. Even more remarkable is that everywhere else the trail follows a steep ravine, this is the only outcropping and it leads to this amazing sight. Once again Mum Nature rocks. :-)
One of my first hikes was the Snow Lake Trail in MRNP on which is a spur boot path with a sign that reads Bench Lake, I go down and it empties into the lake, weird. I continue to Snow and search for another trail, nothing. A couple years go by and I see a pic much like this one, now I HAVE to find a trail. no luck. This year it occurred to me that the smart kids waited until later in the year for the water level to go down and so....
Hand held due to the fact that the doohickey that connects the camera to the tripod is on the gizmo that mounts my long lens to the tripod and the long lens was left at home....still had the place to myself for the half hour I was there, didn't quite make dawn, but I'm not complaining. Hope you like this as much as I do.
On vacation and heading out for the middle of the state camping, see ya on the flip side.
be safe.
Karen says happy tremendous Tuesday all the time, I don't know if it's a thing,but Happy Tremendous Tuesday!! :-)
Found this oddity just West of Maple Creek Camp, thought that it was cool enough to share.
Mt. Rainier. August 2014. Sunset Amphitheater from Skate Creek Road(Closed in winter).
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Comet Falls is a must see at Mount Rainier National Park, not just because the four tiers drop 462 feet (52 in this one) but the surrounding area has a story to tell. If you can't guess it on this one I'll tell it on the wider view, but take a look around in there, Mum Nature's wrath has been unleashed and this once lush valley has been scoured clean.
Considering that this is buried under snow right now and was built Civilian Conservation Corp in 1934 the Summerland Group Shelter is in great shape. There are only three of these remaining in Mount Rainier National Park according to Wiki including my previous offering of Indian Bar, and the North Mowich Trail Shelter. I must have missed that one...
Mount Rainier towers top left and a vast valley flows out in front. A beautiful place to visit if you are ever in the area. :-)
The view behind it in comments.
After working 17 hours yesterday and being up for 25, this is kinda how I feel..... :-)
What a mixture of Fall and Winter, I was going to say this was a pull over moment, but I didn't/couldn't even do that. Literally parked in the road as there is no shoulder going down along the Nisqually. I had time for a quick snap and thank goodness it turned out.
Happy Friday all, hope it's a great one for you. :-)
Last one of the Ohanapecosh Bridge, from me anyway. This is also a great spot for lunch,shady, cool, and all you can hear are the falls to the right. I thought I was bushwacking out here only to discover that there is a bit of a trail already. :-)
blow it up and step inside, today's menu: Tuna salad on crackers.
I said for years that I don't like hiking, I like arriving, but that devolved somewhere along the trail. There is something to be said for these little moments, this glimpse of a puzzle piece in a larger puzzle. This tiny section tells the tale all in one shot, rocks, roots, there's a washout, down trees, STEEP, but who cares, I enjoy every step these days, who knows how many I have left.
Blow it up and look around, beauty in every pixel.
Mourning view and reflections in upper Tipsoo Lake, Mount Rainier National Park from Chinook Pass. IMG_8496
I intended to post these like a tryptic to tell the story, but this shot was too much like the second shot so I waited. This is your first glimpse of Comet when you pop over the hill and I went ahead and put it on here so that you could see the hiker dead center to the right for scale. Yes, it's that tall.... :)
This is how I view the mountain most of the time, peaceful, blue, white, and beautiful. Of course the light changes, the snow melts, and it's sometimes angry, but when my mind wanders during peaceful moments, this is it. :-)
Blow it up and wander around Sunrise meadow or put some spikes on and follow the mountaineers on up to the summit. :-)
I remember seeing this section of trail from years ago from Phil's Pixels and thinking that it's the coolest section of trail that I've ever seen, it still is! As you are climbing to it it's large steps up and to your left is Mt. Rainier unobstructed, above the tree line and you are getting into snow in late August. To your right are Mounts Adams, Hood, and St. Helens then you make a right bender and, viola!! THEN, you set up the tripod and a young adventurer pops over the horizon with ski's on her back, did I mention that I was lucky? :-)
Nestled between two ridges on the Puyallup Trail, just outside of Mount Rainier National Parks rests this lovely, Goat Lake. Rugged campsites for backpackers are tucked in here and there, but I had to stumble upon them to see them. For me, I was alone, not even a bird or a chipmunk for company, just silence and my thoughts. After shedding some clothes and tightening the pack it was time to make the climb to Gobbler's Knob.
FYI, if you don't mind hiking some 18 miles to the main road and then hitching a ride, this is a way into MRNP without having to pay......
I know, another Rainier.... My last several hikes were concentric around the mountain because I knew that I was running out of time. I posted this one because of the wall though. You'll find them throughout the park and they are constructed unevenly on purpose so as to not draw attention to them by creating a straight line, they are further broken up by the random larger stones made to represent the volcano.
I watch a lot of Youtube..... :-)
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) :)
I was looking for a pic last night and stumbled across this fellow. I was sitting on my passenger door using Gertrude as a tripod when this fellow appeared maybe three feet from me, he posed for a snap and was gone. Brings a smile to my face every time I see it, hope it does the same for you. :-)
These falls are a double punch bowl with a drop of fifty feet made up of the most serene aqua blue you'll ever see. While the trail goes over it and near it, it remains a bit of a hidden gem as you can see here and if it isn't developed this spot will be gone soon as there are two saplings coming up.
As tranquil as it looks here, the flooding of 2006 wiped out the bridge fifteen feet above it.
Darling Tonia and I took a trip to Paradise and poked around, got to show her a few places she'd not been. On the way to Edith Creek this op presented itself. The Castle to the Left and it's big brother Pinnacle Peak towering to the right at 6,562'.
This stunner of a view comes to you in a wonderful way. You descend Burroughs 2 going away from Rainier and then get to the one switchback and wala! Little Tohoma towering to the left, Steamboat Prow front and center,Liberty Ridge right, and Burroughs 3 with it's wonderful views awaits far right.
Blow it up and step inside, don't forget the sunscreen. :-)
Early Winter version. I was working nights, well, off and on for a while now and I got up around ten and decided I had time to hit some highlights at the mountain before work, hence the Christine Falls and this one, just walk out of the car..... You can see why they settled here. I'll put a couple others from here in comments for reference.
the pic in comments tells the story of the area for those who missed it.
After reaching my destination of Sheep Lake I had some legs left and wandered up. After a time I came upon a sign telling me I'm entering MRNP and then this towering piece of wonderment comes into view. One of the happiest accidents I've had so far. :-)
If you follow this trail past that magnificent spire you will exit Mount Rainier National Parks' Eastern most border and hook up with the hallowed Pacific Crest Trail and descend into Sourdough Gap. Next stop, Canada...
I managed to get Sunday off and Tonia wanted to hang so I took her up to Edith Creek. I was stunned when she said she'd never been here, I think that it's the most visited place in the park. I walked above it across snow twice earlier this year, this is the first time that I actually saw it. (this year)
With the weather forecast sounding iffy I thought I'd bag my list of hikes and just go to Edith Creek and maybe get some mood. Forced to park in the lower lot I started to go up the road and thought 'that's stupid, there's a trailhead right here'. Thinking it would parallel the road I headed off. It did not parallel the road however, it went up, and up, and up. :-) So glad that I didn't take the road. Never did make it to Edith though....
Blow it up and climb on in, lots of wonderfulness to be found. As always constructive criticism is encouraged and thanks for stopping by my little piece of the flickrverse.
Having gone to bed at three am I got up and drove to the other side of Rainier hoping to get to Upper Palisades Lake. It's a beautiful hike with changing views all the way like this surprise. You round a corner and hello, here's your bridge. :-)
I had to turn back at Hidden Lake, I hadn't seen anyone since Clover Lake and it was almost 7pm and I had to work another day/night split shift in the morning. I'll have to go back when I have more time.
Little Tahoma towers above the tree line as it awakens on the shoulder of Mount Rainier. It is thought that it was part of the dome at one time when Rainier was much larger...
I have to admit that I don't care for most b&w landscape shots, but I converted this dawn shot for my daughters calendar and it went from being a cotton candy pink shot to holey wow. (at least for me) :)
The reward/work ratio of Pinnacle Peak Trail is on par with Winchester Lookout. For a short amount of work, you get spectacular 360 degree views.
Curses, foiled again! :-)
My goal this trip was Pan Handle Gap from Summerland, it was the hike that I waited all summer to do while waiting for the smoke to clear. No smoke, but..... It was so thick that I never did see the Chimneys and they are right there, oh well, that just means the Box Canyon hike will be longer, I WILL cover the eastern section of the Wonderland this year. In the meantime, Summerland didn't disappoint and it's not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be, just go on a weekday. Had it to myself at 9 am, but on my return the trail was filling up.
blow it up and step inside, just watch for the rocks... :-)