Panorama Point & Beyond Snowshoe hike on Mt Rainier

 Beautiful winter day, once you got above the cloud inversion over Puget Sound. We arrived at Paradise on Mt Rainier to mostly sunny skies, though Mt Rainier was initially covered in clouds. We snowshoed from Paradise up to Glacier Vista.

 The views improved while we climbed up. Here looking back towards the Tatoosh Range.

 Looking up toward Panorama Point, our destination for lunch.

 It's a steep climb up to Panorama Point, and a bit icy. We decided to take off our snowshoes and switch to micro cleats.
















After lunch, we followed the trail up towards McClure Rocks. We got to about 7200 ft elevation.

I took this Panorama shot with my iPhone. In the far distance (lf to rt) Mt Adams, Mt Hood, Mt St Helens and up close Mt Rainier.

 Zoom shots of Mt Adams,

 Mt Hood,

 and Mt St Helens.

 We enjoyed the hike and the gorgeous day!

 When we reached the steep part above Panorama Point, we glissaded down. And then glissaded down from Panorama Point!

 
 I find it difficult to judge distances in the snow, as the trails don't follow the original trails. We hiked about 5 miles round trip and climbed about 2000 ft.