Another popular guided activity during the 1920s-30s was climbing Pinnacle Peak in the Tatoosh Range. It took around six to eight hours round trip leaving from the Paradise Valley and cost $4 per person in 1920, including clothing rental. The Pinnacle Peak Trail continues to be a popular route to this day.
Mount Rainier National Park Archives Footage (mora_25027; excerpt of “Rainier National Park in the Heart of the Pacific Northwest”). No audio. Available with audio description at https://go.nps.gov/MMem-PinnaclePeakClimb. ~kl
Five pictures were added to developingnaturegallery.com to begin the creation of the Mount Rainier folder. Kimberly used to live near this National Park and so, she will be adding a few pictures of the volcano, waterfalls, mountain peaks and wildlife images that she created inside the park here/there over the coming years.
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Hi Kayla!
Thanks for playing with me and such fun questions!
mythical creature you think/believe is real?
Okay, hmmm, I really love so many mythical creatures and want them to be real!! But the ones I think could be real... I think we are most likely to find out that some sea creatures are real, 80% of oceans are uncharted and unexplored. So for me, sea serpents, merpeople, and selkies are all possible and people have seen Nessie after all!
favorite form of potato?
WHY CHOOOOSEEE!? SO MUCH POTATO TO LOVE!! Okay, if one was to twist my arm, I would say homefries, but not any old homefries, small and crunchy homefries! And if there is onion involved, it also cut small and caramelized, not big hunks of limp onion.
what animal do you look forward to seeing when you visit an aquarium?
I LOVE THE AQUARIUM!!! But no doubt I look forward to the seals, and the sharks and rays you can pet and until his passing a couple years ago, Tatoosh the giant octopus! Sadly my aquarium doesn't have otters.
After a great day of poking around the trails as we entered the park through the Stevens Canyon entrance- I got in 5 1/2 miles and Ben about 6 1/2/we checked into our room at the Paradise Inn, a National Park lodge, cracked open some bubbly, opened up some Gruyère and enjoyed happy hour with a view of the Tatoosh range. Cold mountain air with that awesome alpine smell of lichen and Douglas firs pouring in through the window. Are we in Switzerland or Washington? You be the judge.
Truer words may never have been spoken about springtime in the Cascade Mountains.
The only thing you can really count on with our weather is that the weather will change. We can go from blue sky to white-out in 5 minutes. It might get worse, it might get better, but the weather on this mountain is always interesting.
So before you drive out to visit the national park, please check the weather forecast and prepare for the possibilities. When you get to the park, you might check again at the visitor center or information center. Then, while you’re out having fun, watch the weather. If it starts to change, be prepared to adjust your plans.
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. – Mark Twain
Park information on weather can be found here https://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/weather.htm For a view of current conditions, these webcams may be helpful https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm Park information on winter safety can be found here https://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/winter-safety.htm
These photos are from years past and do not reflect current conditions. NPS Photo. Mount Rainier with high clouds viewed from Longmire. Snowbank in foreground. March 2021. NPS/S. Redman Photo. Clouds around Tatoosh Mountains with snow. Silhouette of evergreens and two ravens on a dead tree in the foreground. December 2010. NPS Photo. View looking up the Carbon Glacier. Clouds obscure most of the mountain with Liberty Cap (14,122 feet) visible above. July 2004. NPS Photo. View looking down on buildings of Camp Muir and Muir Snowfield. Light dusting of snow. Clouds obscure features below. June 1968.