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before breaking fast (bison jerky/apple/cheese), hanging out on the rocks in the sun for a good while (son likes to take naps up at these lakes), and then heading back down
Absolutely stunning!!Then this week we went up to a new spot to us, an old fire lookout on the outskirts of Mount Rainier National park. It's only about an hour from the house, but half of that is up an old dirt road, then you finally enter the edge of the park in the last 10 miles or so of the road. First you hike up to a lake, and then form the lake you take a short but steep hike up to the lookout.
The lake
Circled in red is the lookout, our destination, above
Pictures really don't do the place justice. In person Rainier dominates your view, looming directly in front of you.
well above the clouds
Maybe a stupid question, are the public allowed to go up in the tower? Safety concerns? Is manned or maintained? Thanks for the great pics.Then this week we went up to a new spot to us, an old fire lookout on the outskirts of Mount Rainier National park. It's only about an hour from the house, but half of that is up an old dirt road, then you finally enter the edge of the park in the last 10 miles or so of the road. First you hike up to a lake, and then form the lake you take a short but steep hike up to the lookout.
The lake
Circled in red is the lookout, our destination, above
Pictures really don't do the place justice. In person Rainier dominates your view, looming directly in front of you.
well above the clouds
Not a stupid question at all, as it varies from lookout to lookout. First of all, they are no longer manned for fire season as they traditionally were. Some of them are completely boarded up. The one in my post above had a padlock on it, but as you can see it was furnished and even had a logbook inside. I'm not sure if you can reserve it and stay there, or if it is just stocked up, or if only rangers stay there (this one may be different from most because it falls within National Park boundaries). Some of the other ones around the state are available to camp in, usually on a first-come (and maybe share) basis. There are some really amazing ones high in the clouds, and some cool videos of them on Youtube worth checking out.
Great picture!!
Great picture!!
John
