People probably started hiking on Mount Rainier the day the found out there was a mountain.
Here’s a postcard of hikers in the early 1900s on Paradise Glacier (Little Nisqually Glacier). This particular glacier has been receding over the last 100 years. Today it looks quite a bit different from this shot.
Photo courtesy of Diane Mettler.
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Eatonville To Rainier 