Christine Falls and Reflection Lakes Snowshoe

Drove up to Mt Rainier National Park to snowshoe up to Reflection Lakes from Narada Falls parking area, first stopping to take photos of Christine Falls. About 3.5 miles with 700 ft of gain.
View of Mt Rainier from Longmire while waiting for the road to open.

cascade near Christine Falls

Upper Christine Falls

Lower Christine Falls

Paradise River as seen near the Narada Falls parking area.

Paradise River from the trail

lovely cascade on the Paradise River

so many wintry views of the Paradise River this morning

Ruby Falls

top of Ruby Falls

upstream from Ruby Falls (seen on the other side of the bridge above the falls)
















Because the avalanche forecast was low below tree level today, I opted to continue the Reflection Lakes via Inspiration Point.











View of Mt Rainier near Inspiration Point












Lane Peak and other peaks along the Tatoosh from Inspiration Point

Copper, Iron and Pyramid Peaks as seen from the trail

Pinnacle and other Tatoosh peaks

Mt Rainier from Reflection Lakes, deer prints in the snow












another view from Reflection Lakes

Took the trail up over Inspiration Saddle on Mazama Ridge for the way back, the trail was well compacted the entire way.
I did not see any other people this morning until I left the lake.

some views of Rainier from the lakes trail on Mazama Ridge

Narada Falls

Lane peak from above Narada Falls

















On the drive out, I noticed these cascades near the beginning of the Westside Road. Great day for waterfalls and cascades!