Mt Rainier from Van Trump Park

Another great hike that we have not done in over 20 years. It is a great hike and a beautiful waterfall. I think we haven’t done it mainly because there are so few vistas of Mt. Rainier. But it was a good training hike. We decided to hike on to Van Trump Park. Lots of great wildflowers and vistas to the south. I was a little disappointed in the actual park. The hikes around Paradise definitely deliver.

To Comet Falls – ~2 miles 1200ft gain
Additional to Van Trump – 1 more mile – ~1000 ft more
Total to Van Trump – 6 miles RT, 2200 Ft

Van Trump Creek rapids from a bridge at the start of the trail – right before Christine Falls

Crib Ladder to go around a 2012 slide

Okay – it was a little steep

Views to the south – you could barely make out Mt. St Helens in the high clouds

Avalanche Lilies – some of the beautiful wildflowers in the park