Andrew and I finally visited Mt. Rainier. We went on a hike up to the Emmons Morraine Glacier, the largest glacier in the contiguous United States.
Mt. Rainier and the raging White River, which is white in color from the gray mud, I guess. It is entirely from snowmelt under the glacier.
Yippee! We reached the beautiful glacier after climbing over a lot of snow.
Andrew
Me
Us
We then drove to Sunrise Point and think this might be a view from a very different angle of where we hiked to.
Mt. Rainier from Sunrise Point.
A weird thing about being close to Mt. Rainier is that it isn't as impressive up close. When you are far away, you can see it tower over everything and it is amazing that something can be that massive. It is about 14,000 ft and we drive around at basically sea level. When you are on a mountain at 6,000 ft, it still looks tall but it isn't as tall looking. It doesn't help that you can't see the whole mountain when you are on the mountain, as during our hike, so that also ruins the awe-factor. It's all in your perspective, eh?
Mt. Rainier and the raging White River, which is white in color from the gray mud, I guess. It is entirely from snowmelt under the glacier.
Yippee! We reached the beautiful glacier after climbing over a lot of snow.
Andrew
Me
Us
We then drove to Sunrise Point and think this might be a view from a very different angle of where we hiked to.
Mt. Rainier from Sunrise Point.A weird thing about being close to Mt. Rainier is that it isn't as impressive up close. When you are far away, you can see it tower over everything and it is amazing that something can be that massive. It is about 14,000 ft and we drive around at basically sea level. When you are on a mountain at 6,000 ft, it still looks tall but it isn't as tall looking. It doesn't help that you can't see the whole mountain when you are on the mountain, as during our hike, so that also ruins the awe-factor. It's all in your perspective, eh?
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