taken from “The Castle” of the previous image. You are looking down on the Paradise Trailhead (including a large hotel) at 5,000’ and up to the summit at 14,400’. Remember the snow bowl lower right
This is really a mountaineers photo! A quarter to 7 in the morning on an early September day and there are about 20 people visible on the final switchbacks below the summit. I did the climb in early July, we were on the summit at 6 in the morning
These guys were heading for the summit of Mt Rainier (14,411 feet) the hard way
