Glacier Vista Snowshoe — Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2013

Mount Rainier Area > SW - Longmire/Paradise

It truly was a day in Paradise this - well - day at Paradise. I only logged a bit over three miles and 1000 elev gain. Most of the action was in my (camera) trigger finger, I think. Conditions: firm not-quite-breakable crust in the shade and a bit "gloppy" and slushy in the sun. I made it half way up Panorama Point, but being careful of a wrenched knee or something, did the prudent thing and rather than risk twisting it during the sloppy snow ascent, I wandered over to some snow-bedecked trees. This was heaven on earth - or Paradise indeed.