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Pahto/Mount Adams and the Yakama Nation - Photoset 1: The Drive Up

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Pahto/Mount Adams and the Yakama Nation - Photoset 1: The Drive Up

This July I camped out at Bird Lake in the Yakama Nation, on the eastern foothills of Pahto - Mount Adams, Washington. The area has had trouble with forest fires recently, and this year proved to be no exception as only a few weeks after I left, fires terribly damaged most of the areas I visited.

The photoset below is from the drive up to the camping site, through areas burnt in forest fires a couple of years ago.

Nice person in Portland, Oregon, and beyond.

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Rainier Day 2: Sunrise, Washington

After our stop at Eunice Lake, we traveled onward to Sunrise, Washington, which is the highest spot in the park you can drive to. From its lodge, hiking trails spider off in all directions for easy hikes that all offer truly breathtaking views of Mount Rainier and its surrounding foothills. Cascade beauty! As we drove up to the site, a thick layer of clouds sat around the mountain, but as we started hiking the cloud cover quickly burned off.

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Rainier Day 2: Sunrise, Washington
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Pahto/Mount Adams and the Yakama Nation - Photoset 2: Mirror Lake and Crooked Creek Falls

This July I camped out at Bird Lake in the Yakama Nation, on the eastern foothills of Pahto - Mount Adams, Washington. This is the second photo set, featuring images from Mirror Lake and a hike up to Crooked Creek Falls. 

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Pahto/Mount Adams and the Yakama Nation - Photoset 2: Mirror Lake and Crooked Creek Falls
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Bird Lake / Crooked Creek Trail Hike, Yakama Nation, Washington

Camped out at Bird Lake in the Yakama Nation this summer. Here are some images from hiking the Crooked Creek Trail. Wonderful hike with wildflowers, waterfalls, and mountain views. Unfortunately it was decimated by forest fires a few weeks after we left.

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Bird Lake / Crooked Creek Trail Hike, Yakama Nation, Washington