Paradise Glacier Trail

Drove up to Paradise at Mt Rainier National Park to hike the Paradise Glacier Trail and decided to create a wandering route through Paradise. Went up the beginning of the Deadhorse Creek Trail, across the Waterfall Trail, joined the Skyline Loop Trail counterclockwise heading up Mazama Rigde, taking the side Paradise Glacier Trail, returning to the Skyline Loop Trail and coming down the Golden Gate Trail and back to the parking area. Overall 6.8 miles and 1.500 ft of overall gain. A goregous day with wildfowers, marmots and some mountain goats. Early view of Rainier on the lower Deadhorse Creek Trail

This buck was below the trail near Myrtle Falls

View of Tatoosh peaks across the meadow

Mt Rainier and Mrytle Falls

Mt Rainier at the bridge crossing over Edith Creeek

Another view of Rainier along the lower Skyline Trail

Looking across Paradise Valley towards Tatoosh Peaks

Waterfall beside the trail

some views along the Paradise River as the trail heads towards Mazama Ridge

Some views of Rainier along Mazama Ridge

Along the Paraise Glacier Trail, looked back towards the Tatoosh Peaks watching the clouds moving up

Views of Rainier along the Paradise Glacier Trail, I did go a short way beyond the end of the "maintained trail"

Looking back along my route and seeing the clouds moving closer, decided to turn around

Some more views of Rainier as I headed back

Nearing the junction of the Paradise Glacier Trail with the Skyline Trail, the Tatoosh are almost. completely covered in clouds

The last views I had of Mt Rainier today before it was completly covered in clouds

some of the marmots seen along the trail today

Continuing up the Skyoine Trail, looking down on Sluiskin Falls

Before reaching the top of the Golden Gate Trail, there were mountain goats below the trail (zoom photos)

Views seen along the Golden Gate Trail

Some of the wildflowers seen along the trail today