We arrive at Rainier late in the day (following our shopping spree) so we find a great camp site on the south side of the mountain and set up camp there.
The next day, we thought we should do a little bit of walking and head towards a place called paradise. We did the skyline high trail, on the south west side. It was absolutely stunning, with gorgeous wild flowers in the lower meadows. As we got closer to what was known as panorama point, there were patches of snow which still had not melted, and we got close up to the glaciers at the top of the mountain. Once at panorama point, we got the most amazing view of Mount Adams, Mount St Helens and Mount Hood (which is in Oregon).
On our descent we heard avalanches occurring on the north side, and chatted with a lovely elderly couple who do this walk about twice a year and rate this as the best of them all, so we were pretty chuffed with our choice! Check out the picture below and see what you think!
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