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Hike 6/28 Crystal Lakes - Mt. Rainier National Park
Start of trail has a footbridge over Crystal Creek
Trail is excellent-- a nicely built and maintained national park trail
The lupine leaves caught the raindrops from overnight
Lower Crystal Lake
Taking a break at the lower lake after an 1800-foot climb
Western Anemone showing its seed head
Nice trail through the green meadows above the lower lake
Beautiful color in the paintbrush
Arriving at the upper lake at over 5800 feet in elevation
Elephanthead
The peaks darted in and out of the clouds
Upper Crystal Lake panorama. The bugs weren't as bad as they look here.
More lake scenery
The crest of the Cascades is right above the lake
Bistort
Jagged peak on the Cascade Crest
False Silverback
After descending to the trailhead, we drove up the highway to a vista. Still no Rainier.
But we got a brief view of the peak of Little Tahoma.
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