Drove out to the Carbon River Entrance of Mt Rainier National Park to hike up to Ranger Falls and Green Lake this morning, 9.6 mile round trip with 1,500 ft of gain. Because the Carbon River has washed out part of the original entrance, the parking has been moved to the side of the road a short ways before the entrance.
The first 3 miles are on the closed Carbon River Road. This is a beautiful forest with some interesting nurse logs.
All of the trees that were blown down over the "road" between the entrance and the turn off to Ranger Falls and Green Lake have been cleared off the road.
View of the Carbon River and Tizah Peak from near the turn off to Ranger Falls and Green Lake
Ranger Falls 
Snow was consistently on the trail at about 3,200 ft (last 1/4 mile or so of the trail up to Green Lake). Snow was firm but not icy.
The log bridge over Ranger Creek was free of snow, there was a small ice patch on the far end that was easy to step over.
I saw a few people on the Carbon River Road, but no one on the trail up to Ranger Falls and Green Lake (and back down). It was so quiet and beautiful up at Green LakeI saw a few wildflowers this morning:
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