High Skyline Loop Trail

We drove up to Paradise at Mt Rainier National Park to hike the High Skyline Trail and enjoy the fall colors. We went counterclockwise with a side trip to the tarn up on the Paradise Glacier Trail and returned via the Alta Vista Trail, overall 6.3 miles with 1,875 ft of gain. Zoom view of Mt Rainier from the parkinga area

Views and color on our way to Myrtle Falls

Myrtle Falls

Edith Creek above the falls

Up on the hillside, we spotted a couple of mountain goats, blurry zoom image

Views, color and a couple of small waterfalls as we hiked over to and up Mazama Ridge

Mt Rainier reflecting in a tarn along the Paradise Glacier Trail

Views along the high part of the High Sklyine Trail

Views heading down the Pebble Creek Trail and back down the High Skyline Trail

Views and color along the Alta Vista Trail