Headed up to Mt Rainier National Park to snowshoe from the Narada Falls parking area to Reflection and Louise Lakes. The snow was so well consolidated, we did not use our snowshoes, but wore our microspikes for the icy snow. This was about 5 - 6 miles round trip with 850 ft overall elevation gain.
The trail starts along the Paradise River going up to the closed Stevens Canyon Road.
Since the avalanche risk was low today, we opted to walk to Reflection Lakes via Inspiration Point along the Stevens Canyon Road.
Looking down at Narada Falls and the parking area from near Inspiration Point
We only saw a small portion of Mt Rainier peeking out on our hike today.
Nice views of the Tatoosh Range in the morning.
Reflection Lakes
We then continued down the Stevens Canyon Road towards Louise Lake
View looking down at Louise Lake, the road curves around to the right. We would drop down to the lakeshore on the far side.
Waterfall below the bridge crossing
Foss Peak and the waterfall above the bridge crossing
Another waterfall along the way
It was a bit of a drop down to the lakeshore, although there were no other tracks down to the lake, the snow here was also well consolidated.
Wide angle view of Louise Lake and some of the Tatoosh Peaks from our lunch spot.
It was snowing as we made our way back to the trailhead.
The trail starts along the Paradise River going up to the closed Stevens Canyon Road.
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