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Submitted by JT on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 8:40am.
We missed the peak of the mountain flower bloom (approx mid July) by about 3 weeks. But it was a beautiful hike never the less. The Skyline trail leaves right from the Paradise parking lot and loops around and back to the starting point. It's a pretty good climb, with a elevation change of 4200 feet in about 7 miles, 2100 feet up and 2100 feet back down. If you walk the trail in a clockwise direction you get the steep part going up. The decent in this direction is spread out over about 2/3 of the total distance. So if you want an easier climb, do it counterclockwise. We took about 80 pictures, but here are a few I thought you all might enjoy. Read a review of this hike here. 
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Very nice!!!!
Submitted by security_six on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 6:19pm.I'm jealous.
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Is that a Truffula Tree?
Submitted by Rob Richards on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 7:55pm.it is a Truffula Tree!!
Submitted by scrubjay on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 9:37pm.Thanks JT
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 10:16pm.For bringing The Mountain closer to us.
True Sasquatch trackers know that the real hotspot around here is none other than the West Fork of Porter Creek in Capitol Forest. You'll also find them in the woods between the Olympics and the coast. Happy hunting. They're pretty smart. Too smart for you guys.
The third picture down is a
Submitted by JT on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 6:00pm.Western Anenome.
Yeah, we love hiking in and around Mt. Rainier. I will post some pics of our hike to Comet Falls. It is a very steep climb, but worth the hike.
Glad you guys liked them. It was difficult picking the pics to post out of 80 pics. The resizing of the pics that happened on the blog really loses detail.
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