Looking up at the imposing east face of Mount Rainier and Little Tahoma awash in glorious orange alpenglow. This shot was from sunrise Summerland Camp, a high alpine meadow permeated through with that Cascades magic. 

Looking up at the imposing east face of Mount Rainier and Little Tahoma awash in glorious orange alpenglow. This shot was from sunrise Summerland Camp, a high alpine meadow permeated through with that Cascades magic. 

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The east face of ​Mount Rainier and Little Tahoma awash in glorious orange alpenglow. This shot was from sunrise Summerland Camp, a high alpine meadow permeated through with that Cascades magic.
The Wonderland Trail is a lifelong bucket list backpacking trip for folks in Washington State and beyond. A 93 mile loop around the base of glorious Mount Rainier, the trail takes you...

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A photograph pointing down at two pairs of booted feet on a bridge above Spray Creek. We have the same model of boot, Danner Mountain 600.
​The icy bulk of Mount Rainier rises above Spray Park, on the northwest side of the national park. A trail cuts from the foreground to the north across a sunny alpine meadow.
​A woman traverses the Spray-Seattle Trail across a wide, lingering snowfield that slopes down to a valley below.
The Carbon Glacier snakes its way down from the slopes of Rainier, grinding up ​the very stone of the earth and shaping the region I call home. A woman gazes upon the scene, awe-struck.
A woman descends a small slope out of the forest and into a high meadow park, nearing Mystic Lake on the north side of Mount Rainier National Park. Mount Rainier looms enormous in the distance, dominating the view.
Vivid ​Bluebelle flowers shine on the marshy shores of Mystic Lake.
Evening at Mystic Lake. Conifers reflect in the marshy waters of Mystic Lake, and wildflowers provide color and texture in the foreground.
Mount Rainier peeks out from behind Mineral Mountain, as emerald green Mystic Lake reflects trees along its shoreline in the foreground. ​
​Last light on Mount Rainier. This fine display of alpenglow was captured from the patrol cabin along the shores of Mystic Lake.
​A woman backpacking picks her way around the chaotic jumble of boulders and stunted trees in the terminal moraine of Winthrop Glacier on Mount Rainier. An ethereal cap of clouds drifts off the top of Rainier's icy dome.
A trail cuts across a mountain ridge, woman walking it from right to left, and the huge bulk of Mount Rainier looms in a distant haze.
A wide and dusty trail leads away from the Sunrise section of Mount Rainier National Park, with the mountain looming in the haze in the background. A woman works her way up the trail toward the camera.
Mount Rainier and Emmons Glacier fill the frame at Sunrise Park as the first light of morning paints them both with pinks and oranges.
A woman poses with the Wonderland Trail marker sign at Sunrise Park.
A hiker walks along a raging river toward a bridge nearly covered in water. In the background, Mount Rainier peeks out from behind an obscuring bank of trees.
A woman stands in a silvery beam of light at the base of massive old growth conifer trees in mount Rainier National Park.
A small red fox rests in a grassy meadow at Summerland Camp at Mount Rainier National Park
The east face of Mount Rainier in a glorious pre-dawn blue hour at Summerland Camp.
Anemone occidentalis, the western pasqueflower. Three flowers stand in a row, one in the foreground.
The east face of ​Mount Rainier awash in orange alpenglow.
​A woman washes clothes and fills water reserves at a stream in Summerland Camp. Mount Rainier dominates the skyline, and the moon hovers above.
The otherworldly glacial wasteland of Panhandle Gap, just beyond Summerland​, in Mount Raineir National Park.
A woman pauses to cross a stream in a section of Panhandle tinted red with iron. The stream reflects a vivid blue sky above, creating a striking contrast in colors. ​
A photo looking across a lingering late-season snow patch to a melt pool reflecting the cliffs beyond.
A woman is picked out in silhouette against a clear blue sky from the top of Panhandle Gap. A trail leads the eye right to her figure.
A striking view down the valley to Indian Bar and the mountains beyond. A small stone shelter house is framed in the middle.
A hiker pauses on a trail to take in the view to Mount Adams in the distance. A trail cuts diagonally across the frame, and a stand of trees mirrors it.
Mount Rainier forms the backdrop in this photo of a hiker coming out of a stand of trees in a high alpine meadow.
Narada Falls cascade down an impressive distance near the popular Paradise section of Mount Rainier National Park.
A hazy, moody forest surrounds a trail that gently descends into the hazed.
Perhaps my favorite photo of the entire trip, this is Indian Henry’s Patrol Cabin with the southwest face of Rainier beyond. ​An excellent photo!
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