Eastside Trail of Mount Rainier
So much of Mount Rainier is the mountain, so it’s very much up and down and yet the Eastside trail is relatively easy to access, particularly if you have two cars, and it’s not that steep, and it’s not a hard hike, and it let’s you explore a really interesting area with lots of waterfalls and forest and I think it’s a trail that is more approachable than many people realize.
Love Hiking Mount Rainier
Hiking Mount Rainier is one of the most popular activities in the Washington State area.
There is a reason for this – hiking Mount Rainier is one of the most rewarding things you can do in Washington State. The views from the peak are simply stunning, and the trails are easy to follow. You can hike to the summit in just a few hours, or take your time and explore the mountain for days on end.
It’s different in the way that most trails in the park you’re going to get some sort of sweeping view of the mountain or of a valley of some kind where as on the Eastside trail you are very much in the woods and you are in the woods the entire time and that creates just a whole different atmosphere and a whole different kind of space.
Why is Hiking in Nature so Special?
Because it is an experience that is hard to find anywhere else.
When you’re in the woods you have time to take a different perspective on life. There’s no grand sweeping vistas so some of the time we spent examining some of the smaller parts of the forest and I really enjoyed that.
I think the Grove is really an interesting dichotomy in the park because on one hand it is one of the most visited areas in the park and it’s fairly structured you know, you’re walking wood walkways and things like that, and yet when you’re on that island and you’re in these big trees it really does feel like a special place, where you can have these moments of sort of quiet reflection and I think that’s just the presence of the trees and they’re just so…
awe inspiring? It’s just seems to make people quiet.
You know, it takes you outside of yourself.
