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Jerry Pillarelli | profile | all galleries >> Travel and Nature >> US Travel; by Trip, by State >> Northwestern Trip - Summer 2011 >> Mount Rainier National Park, Washington tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Images of Mount Rainier National Park in north central Washington taken in July 2011.

Cloaked in snow and 25 glaciers Mount Rainier is an active volcano in the Cascade Range. I was lucky enough to visit Mount Rainier National Park on one of its few clear days as the mountain is usually cloud covered (in fact in three previous trips to Seattle I had never seen the mountain). The day did start off cloudy but cleared by mid-afternoon revealing the massive mountain and lighting up the thick old growth forests that surround it.
Nisqually Entrance to Mount Rainier National Park
Nisqually Entrance to Mount Rainier National Park
The mountain summit (14,410 ft) at Mount Rainier National Park
The mountain summit (14,410 ft) at Mount Rainier National Park
Panorama at Mount Rainier National Park
Panorama at Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier from Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier from Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier from Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier from Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park
Mother and baby deer in Mount Rainier National Park
Mother and baby deer in Mount Rainier National Park
Baby deer in Mount Rainier National Park
Baby deer in Mount Rainier National Park
Baby deer in Mount Rainier National Park
Baby deer in Mount Rainier National Park
Baby deer in Mount Rainier National Park
Baby deer in Mount Rainier National Park
Mother deer cleans her baby in Mount Rainier National Park
Mother deer cleans her baby in Mount Rainier National Park
Old growth forest in Mount Rainier National Park
Old growth forest in Mount Rainier National Park
Christine Falls in Mount Rainier National Park
Christine Falls in Mount Rainier National Park
Road to the summit in Mount Rainier National Park
Road to the summit in Mount Rainier National Park
Jagged mountain peak in Mount Rainier National Park
Jagged mountain peak in Mount Rainier National Park
Jagged mountain peaks in Mount Rainier National Park
Jagged mountain peaks in Mount Rainier National Park
Glacier covered peak in Mount Rainier National Park
Glacier covered peak in Mount Rainier National Park
Narada Falls in Mount Rainier National Park
Narada Falls in Mount Rainier National Park
A high mountain meadow in Mount Rainier National Park
A high mountain meadow in Mount Rainier National Park
Blooming Beargrass in Mount Rainier National Park
Blooming Beargrass in Mount Rainier National Park
Jagged peaks in Mount Rainier National Park
Jagged peaks in Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Adams (12,276 ft) from Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Adams (12,276 ft) from Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Adams from Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Adams from Mount Rainier National Park
Jagged mountain peak in Mount Rainier National Park
Jagged mountain peak in Mount Rainier National Park
Mountain peak in Mount Rainier National Park
Mountain peak in Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier from just south of Seattle
Mount Rainier from just south of Seattle