As 2019 glides into 2020, we’re taking a quick look back at some of our favorite hikes from the past year. 2019 included awesome “old faithful” standards at Mount Rainier National Park. Also some new trails to thundering waterfalls and … Continued
Wedding-cake white and big beyond adjectives, Mount Rainier dominates Washington state like Buckingham Palace towers over a sand castle. Indeed, the Mountain soars almost a mile and a half above the Puget Sound basin, resting upon and covering approximately one … Continued
“The Mountain is out.” No words sound sweeter to the ears of a Rainieraholic like me. It’s a favorite phrase in the local lexicon, because any day Mount Rainier is out means cloudless blue skies from here to eternity. And … Continued
June is jam-packed with all kinds of splendiferous specialness (new word I just made up): Wedding. Anniversaries. Graduations. Father’s Day. The first day of summer. And GREAT OUTDOORS MONTH! Yeah, baby! Are you as excited as I am? Here are … Continued
There I was. Chugging down-trail from a postcard-perfect afternoon at Indian Henry’s Hunting Ground at Mount Rainier. We switchbacked through old growth forests and high country meadows marinaded in wildflowers and fall finery. Lunched at the back country patrol … Continued
We got started a little late. But the Mountain waited for us to catch up, fluttering her fall frocks in all their rich autumnal glory. Old Iron Knees and I hike Mount Rainier National Park whenever we can, year-round. But … Continued
“… the most luxuriant and the most extravagantly beautiful of all the alpine gardens I ever beheld in all my mountain-top wanderings.” – John Muir on wildflower meadows at Mount Rainier’s Paradise Mount Rainier’s wildflower meadows are world-renowned. Indeed, … Continued
Your luggage is packed. You’ve got enough camping gear to choke a mule. Your feet can’t wait to hit those Mount Rainier trails. But you haven’t quite decided on where you want to set up camp. Which Rainier campground is … Continued
Hiking is a great way to explore and enjoy the Great Outdoors. But it’s also a great way to get hurt. Or worse. In fact, I’ve seen boatloads of “hikers” who qualify as “Exhibit A” on how NOT to hike. … Continued