We went about 6.5 miles round trip with 900 ft elevation gain. The trail out to Carter Falls starts at Longmire on Mt Rainier and goes along a small portion of the Wonderland trail.
The trail parallels the road to Paradise until you reach Cougar Campground.
A log bridge takes you across the Nisqually River.
The log was very icy, we removed our snowshoes and put on Yak trax to cross.
The trail to Carter Falls is to the right, then goes to left behind the river bank.
The trail continues up along the Paradise River.
About 3.3 miles we reached the lookout over Carter Falls.
We tried to find the trail to Madcap Falls, only 0.2 miles further on, but there were no tracks to follow.
We did find the site of where there was an old dam before we turned back.
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