Color photo. At the bottom, short trees with leaves of blazing orange and red. Beyond them are tall green pines. Receding into the distance is a valley with pine covered slopes. At the end of the valley is Mount Rainier, its peak covered in snow and a lenticular cloud hovers over it.

It’s been a couple of years since I made it down to Mount Rainier National Park, and I wanted to do so before they closed the highway on the east side for the winter.  They’d already closed the road up to the Sunrise ranger station, sadly, as well as much of the White River campground, due to the government shutdown, but Chinook Pass was still open, so up I went.

It’s mostly pines out that way, so where there are pops of color they really pop.  And I’m pretty sure those are larches in the photo of Tipsoo Lake with Yakima Peak rising up behind.  Their crowns are going golden, at least.

I’ll post a few more from that trip next week!

Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 S

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Color photo. At the bottom, short trees with leaves of blazing orange and red. Beyond them are tall green pines. Receding into the distance is a valley with pine covered slopes. At the end of the valley is Mount Rainier, its peak covered in snow and a lenticular cloud hovers over it.
Color photo. A short plant with many yellow leaves, growing out of the snow. Clusters of bright red berries are nestled in the leaves.
Color photo. A small lake is at the bottom of the frame, and a part of the short juts into it from the right, covered in golden shrubbery. On the far side a mountain rears up dramatically into a blue sky filled with wispy clouds. The mountain slopes are dusted with snow, and tall larches grow there, their tops beginning to go golden.