September 14th - September 16th 2018
My co-workers organized a trip to Mount Rainier for the weekend and we jumped on it. They are a great crew and it seems like trip was an improvement on the year before (they apparently almost died in a blizzard). The weather was beautiful and our vacation home was about five minutes from the Paradise entrance to Mount Rainier. You can’t hike up the mountain without a pass, but you can hike well above the tree line. It’s a beautiful hike. In general, it’s clear that Mount Rainier has a special place to people in Washington—though there are mountains in view all around Seattle, Mount Rainier looms over the skyline and it was great to go there in person. We only spent one afternoon hiking, so there’s definitely more to see and more to come.
B.T. Dubs the lodge at Mount Rainier is awesome. There was a piano. There were free cookies for guests, but no one was checking. They’re by the upstairs bathrooms.