We drove out to North Bend and the Mount Is Natural Resource Conservation Area to hike up to Teneriffe Falls from the Teneriffe Falls Parking lot. This 5.6 miles round trip with 1,585 ft of gain. We only saw about 12 other hikers today. Most of the trail is in the forest and there was no snow along the trail this morning.
We saw some large hoar frost beside the trail.
The first mile of the trail is fairly flat. We spotted Mt Teneriffe through the trees. 
There were a couple of open areas as we hiked up the switchbacks. Another local peak in the distance.
View looking towards the east towards Rattlesnake Ledge, and
Mt Rainier in the far distance (zoom).
We saw many icicles in the rocks and moss along the trail.
View of Lower Teneriffe Falls through the trees.
I went down a boot path, until it was too steep for me to comfortably continue, the lower portion of Lower Teneriffe Falls.
Teneriffe Falls was beautiful with the ice. As the sun was on the upper section, we saw several ice falls.
View of the falls from another spot
Panorama of Teneriffe Falls, the tallest drop is 226 ft, with an overall drop of 414 ft
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