Mazama Ridge Snowshoe at Mt Rainier

 Fresh snow up at Paradise on Mt Rainier today. We didn't expect to see the mountain, here is the visibility from the parking area at Paradise.

 We snowshoed along the Paradise Valley Road to 4th Crossing and up to Mazama Ridge. We were able to follow other's snow covered tracks most of the way up.

 Limited visibility up at Mazama Ridge.

 We only snowshoed up at Mazama Ridge for a short time, because the wind was very icy.

 We found a wind break near the trees where we stopped to eat lunch. This Gray Jay was very aggressive, flying at our faces, trying to steel our food, but we did not share.

 Even without a view of the "mountain", I enjoyed the snow covered landscape.

 So pretty and wintery!

 We headed back down from Mazama Ridge.

 Decided not to cross this narrow snow covered log as it was narrow and the snow sloped steeply on both sides.

 Enjoyed the water cascading down the creek.














The wind wasn't bad along the Paradise Valley Road, so we continued to snowshoe away from Paradise for a while before we returned to Paradise and home. It wasn't very crowded for a Saturday. We had long stretches on the trail to ourselves.
Not sure how far we went maybe 3 - 4 miles, with maybe 1,000+ ft elevation gain. An enjoyable day on the mountain.