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hermes
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PostMon Dec 08, 2008 1:13 am 
Drove all the way to the Lake Eleanor TH on FR 73 and was on the trail by 10am in a balmy 29F. Though the mountain had been clear as I drove through Enumclaw there was already some orographic cloud by the time I got to the park.
Rainier
Rainier
I was intrigued to be able to see another piece of parkland in the distance
More Park with Rainier behind
More Park with Rainier behind
with Steamboat Prow behind. Walking through the golden park, I was reminded of Auden's poem: "Meanwhile, in another place altogether A vast heard of reindeer moves across Miles and miles of golden moss Silently and very fast."
More miles and miles of golden moss
More miles and miles of golden moss
Though there was no snow - the ground was frozen solid
On Frozen Pond
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On Frozen Pond
and though the day was warm - as soon as the sun went behind the mountain it became bitterly cold and it was clearly time to leave.
Sun over Rainier
Sun over Rainier
Unbelievably beautiful - Warm sunshine and no snow at 5600' in December!

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sarbar
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PostMon Dec 08, 2008 8:31 am 
Love it......the snow held so long this summer up there it almost seems fair.

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PostMon Dec 08, 2008 10:15 am 
Very nice pics.

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PostMon Dec 08, 2008 1:16 pm 
I wanted to be there so badly! But still sick! Thanks for the update. I will get up there soon, mabye with snow shoes on!

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PostMon Dec 08, 2008 1:18 pm 
So pretty! I guess Mother Nature is making up for keeping the snow around for so long this spring...

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PostMon Dec 08, 2008 1:36 pm 
Wow! Great trip!

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PostMon Dec 08, 2008 4:27 pm 
Nice TR. I've known about that route to Grand for years and it been on my list; but I keep fogetting about it. Great trail for conditions like we're having. I hope to get up there soon.

"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country." Teddy Roosevelt August 6, 1912
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