Hiking at Mt. Rainier: This summer, visit a paradise on Earth

If you’ve never visited the Paradise area of Mt. Rainier, there’s still time this summer to correct that grievous error.

Embarrassingly late for a Washington resident, I visited that jewel of the mountain’s south slope last weekend intending to catch some prime-time summer hiking.

What I did not expect was to be struck with spiritual awe, my mouth agape, my eyes greedily taking in every sight as I huffed and puffed my way through the most beautiful place I’ve ever been on Earth.

Describing places in such superlative terms is ordinarily a journalistic faux pas. But Paradise really does live up to its name.

I selected the Skyline

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