Mount Rainier

Paradise Trailhead

Mount Rainier, taken near the Paradise trailhead. The October morning was crisp, but by lunch I had shed every layer except a tee shirt.

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Mount Rainier

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Waterfall

Water is always flowing from Rainier's many active glaciers.

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Tunnel

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Leaves

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Old Growth Tree

Mount Rainier gets a huge amount of rain, and has many groves of old growth trees. Some of the Douglas-firs, Western Redcedars and Western Hemlocks are enormous.

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Double-trunk Tree

This massive double-trunk tree was topped in a storm, possibly hundreds of years ago. Both trunks are thriving.

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Mushroom

The temperate rain forest conditions is perfect for mushrooms. They were everywhere.

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Mushrooms

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Mushrooms

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