Mastodawn

Any great mountain adventures should start with a waterfall along the trail. The more waterfalls, the better the adventure! The beauty seen, the cool
breeze felt, rewards the soul hiker beginning to end.

My friend and I set out on the Van Trump trail, named after Philemon Beecher Van Trump; best known as the first person with a documented ascent of Mt Rainier along with Hazard Stevens back in 1870. The creek, trail and glacier are all named after P.B. V.T., even the falls below Christine are named after his daughter. Discussing plans for this trip we renamed the route VT trail as just hearing the word trump is a negative reminder of a different heartless man. Though the two people are completely unrelated. As a national park supporter & guide, I have witnessed how much the budget cuts have deeply impacted the park negatively. Still a worthy trail to pursue for the mountains beauty felt through out.

There are 3 named waterfalls in this approach, Christine Falls, Bloucher Falls and Comet Falls. Comet Falls certainly is the biggest and one of the grandest falls Ive seen within the Mt Rainier National Park boundary. There are hundreds of trails I have yet to do but feel this trail is one of the most scenic approaches up the mountain Ive found so far...

#MountainMonday #mountains #waterfalls #hiking #splitboarding #tahoma #MtRainer #mtrainiernationalpark

Wes Nov 23

Here's some amazing views from the Sheep Lake/Sourdough Gap area in Washington state, just east of Mt. Rainer. It's on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT), accessed through Chinook Pass. Check to make sure the pass is still open before you go. #chinookpass #pct #WashingtonState #MtRainer

https://visitrainier.com/sheep-lake-sourdough-gap/

ALT descriptions came from this page from Arizona State University
https://teachonline.asu.edu/image-accessibility-generator

Larry Frum Nov 19

in my mind, she just misses us after we moved away from the PNW. #MtRainer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15303731/America-deadliest-volcano-tremor-phase-eruption.html

America's deadliest volcano enters unprecedented 72-hour tremor phase as eruption threat looms over millions

A massive volcano feared to erupt and devastate the West Coast has been undergoing several days of concerning seismic activity.

Daily Mail

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nullagent Sep 1, 2025

There have been so many really cool developments in the last month just from adoption.

Recently someone hiked up Mt Rainer and had a conversation with us on the public meshcore chat. When I went through the cougar mountain repeater's logs I noticed my repeater in Seattle's U District was actually the first hop that was connecting them to the mesh.

If that wasn't wild enough, the hiker was using a TINY radio, the Seeed Studio t1000e 🤯

#MtRainer #PNW #LoRa #MeshCore

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Jason844 🙃Jul 8, 2025

And the link to the Cascade Volcanos Observatory notice

#MtRainer
#Geology
#Earthquake

https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcano-updates#cvo

Volcano Updates

Volcano observatories issue updates and other types of notifications as activity warrants.

USGS

Filtered Focus Jul 2, 2025

I was wide enough to shoot digital safeties with the Sony #a7r2, so while we wait for the film to develop, enjoy this shot of #MtRainer
I'm a fan of the layering in this frame. I so want to go back for summer, just spend the weekends taking pictures in the Cascades, sounds like a dream lol. I couldn't walk far from the car on this trip. I fell on the trail the first day and hurt my leg. Somebody lend me your cabin for the summer.

#landscapephotography #nationalpark #saveourparks #saveournationalparks

Tamron 24-70 (@(@28mm) at iso 250 1/500s @f8

Filtered Focus Jul 2, 2025

Some places on Earth feel fake. Perhaps they throw our perspective for a loop with the scale of their unbelievable views. The firs looked like blades of grass, and the mountains hills rising before the one snow capped mountain that is Mt. Rainer. Like so many I was draw to the mountain. I'm not sure why I went. Maybe I went to prove I wasn't a bad photographer. Maybe it doesn't matter. I like this photo though taken in #850nm #infrared #bw #infraredphotography #landscapephotography #mtrainer #saveourparks

I feel like these types of places, are special, and should be protected for everyone.