Chipmunk in Mount Rainier National Park

by Admin | Sep 25, 2017

Chipmunk in Mount Rainier National Park

While hiking the Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier National Park we came across multiple chipmunks! This little guy was a bit off the trail, just enough so I could get a good photo with my zoom lens and he wouldn’t dart away. I don’t like feeding wildlife for the sake of getting a photo, yet these little chipmunks were still willing to hang around and watch us as we walked by. They were so cute as they darted across the top of the snow!

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Layers over the Tatoosh Range

by Admin | Sep 25, 2017

“Layers”

Looking over the Tatoosh Range from the Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier National Park, you can see layer upon layer of blue mountainside. On this snowy day we could only glimpse the base of Mount Saint Helens, Mount Adams, and Mount Hood in the distance.

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Sunset on Mt. Rainier and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

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“Attitude” – Marmot in Mount Rainier National Park

by Admin | Sep 25, 2017

Marmot with “Attitude”

I’ve titled this photo “Attitude” which can be plainly seen from this marmot in Mount Rainier National Park. On our way back to Paradise along the Skyline Trail this marmot decided to see what we were about. He approached us, and jumped onto this stone bench and appeared to size us up. When we didn’t offer him any food he simply continued to sit and pose for us. I relied on my zoom and kept my distance just in case. He stayed there even as we walked away.

"Attitude" - Marmot in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State

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Lake Trail Waterfall in Mount Rainier National Park

Upper Myrtle Falls on a snowy Skyline Trail

by Admin | Sep 25, 2017

Upper Myrtle Falls

Instead of going to the right from Paradise, we started the Skyline Trail to the left. That took us to the foot of Mount Rainier and made for a delightful ending at Myrtle Falls. For this photo I used about a 1/3 of a second shutter lag and let nature do the rest.

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Stevens Peak from Skyline Trail

by Admin | Sep 24, 2017

Stevens Peak

This was a difficult peak to identify! Neighboring the Tatoosh Range, Stevens Peak is the leftmost ridge of the line of mountains viewable from the Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier National Park.