I drove to the Cabin River Entrance of Mt Rainier National Park to hike up to Ranger Falls, 8 miles round trip with 1,000 ft of gain. I only saw 4 other hikers today, and that was when I was more than 1/2 way back to the trailhead. There were only a few inches of snow along the road walk. The first 3 miles to Ranger Falls are along this closed road, here I saw some deer.
Lovely forest
This view of Tirzah Peak across the Carbon River is about 100 yards before the turn off to Ranger Falls and Green Lake.
icicles on a large boulder
The trail goes under this huge nurse log.
icicles on a mossy boulder
snowy shelf fungi
The snow going up to Ranger Falls was well packed down and not deep.
Lots of icicles on the rocks next to Ranger Falls
icicles over a small creek
icicles next to Ranger Falls
frozen puddle on the road portion of the hike
I drove to the Cabin River Entrance of Mt Rainier National Park to hike up to Ranger Falls, 8 miles round trip with 1,000 ft of gain. I only saw 4 other hikers today, and that was when I was more than 1/2 way back to the trailhead. There were only a few inches of snow along the road walk. The first 3 miles to Ranger Falls are along this closed road, here I saw some deer.
Lovely forest
This view of Tirzah Peak across the Carbon River is about 100 yards before the turn off to Ranger Falls and Green Lake.
icicles on a large boulder
The trail goes under this huge nurse log.
icicles on a mossy boulder
snowy shelf fungi
The snow going up to Ranger Falls was well packed down and not deep.
Lots of icicles on the rocks next to Ranger Falls
icicles over a small creek 
icicles next to Ranger Falls
frozen puddle on the road portion of the hike
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