Day Hike to Camp Muir

(Mt. Rainier National Park, August 18, 2002)

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Mt. Rainier from Paradise

The mountain looms up

The well graded trail

approaching pebble creek

looking back to Adams in the distance

Meg, Jill and Gerda taking a break on the rocks

crevased glacier across the snow field

Meg and Jill ready for the last push

the last push to Camp Muir

coming back down through a snow trough
   Camp Muir day hike. approx. 4,700 feet of gain, at a moderate pace took 4 hrs 30 min to get to the Camp from Paradise