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Hike 6/7 Carbon River
Road has washed away just before the usual trailhead. A detour trail goes around the damage.
Walking past a huge blowdown
Vanilla Leaf were very abundant along the route
Corydalis, similar to Bleeding Hearts
One stately tree after another
Opening up to views across the Carbon River to foothills beneath Rainier.
Looking up the Carbon River Valley. It's a long way to get to Carbon Glacier--we were several miles short of it.
Carbon River surging past. The top of Rainier can be seen at upper right
Closer view of the top of Rainier
A tenacious tree finds a home on an old stump in the middle of the river swath
Gentle, easy walking on this trail, which used to be a road until washouts left it unrepairable after 2003.
Serenity in the old growth forest
Road has washed away just before the usual trailhead. A detour trail goes around the damage.
Walking past a huge blowdown
Vanilla Leaf were very abundant along the route
Corydalis, similar to Bleeding Hearts
One stately tree after another
Opening up to views across the Carbon River to foothills beneath Rainier.
Looking up the Carbon River Valley. It's a long way to get to Carbon Glacier--we were several miles short of it.
Carbon River surging past. The top of Rainier can be seen at upper right
Closer view of the top of Rainier
A tenacious tree finds a home on an old stump in the middle of the river swath
Gentle, easy walking on this trail, which used to be a road until washouts left it unrepairable after 2003.
Serenity in the old growth forest
Road has washed away just before the usual trailhead. A detour trail goes around the damage.
Walking past a huge blowdown
Vanilla Leaf were very abundant along the route
Corydalis, similar to Bleeding Hearts
One stately tree after another
Opening up to views across the Carbon River to foothills beneath Rainier.
Looking up the Carbon River Valley. It's a long way to get to Carbon Glacier--we were several miles short of it.
Carbon River surgi