@BestWithoutGods

Thank you so much!

Weather patterns at Mount Rainier are strongly influenced by the Pacific Ocean, elevation, and latitude. The climate is generally cool and rainy, with summer highs in the 60s and 70s. While July and August are the sunniest months of the year, rain is possible any day, and very likely in spring, fall, and winter.

At higher elevations, it snows on Mt. Rainier year-round. In the summer, hikers can die of hypothermia in a snowstorm if they don't bring winter clothing and gear.

"The first time I climbed Mt. Bachelor in Oregon, I just wore shorts and a T-shirt," a man I met in the gym said. "'It's July,' I stupidly thought. A huge snowstorm hit and we had to spend the night on the glacier."

"One of the climbers I didn't know brought extra cold-weather clothes for others. He loaned me a down jacket and pants. I squeezed into his tent for the night. He saved my life."

"I never went unprepared again."

@Reason-Able

Thank you!

@RoyMillar

Thank you!

As you see from the pictures, the rocks are not flat.

It's difficult to walk on a jumble of sharp, rolling rocks. Easy to fall or sprain your ankle.

Descending, when the trail was finally dirt, I breathed a sigh of relief.

@HankSherman

Thanks for your million and seventeen kudos.

Jolanta

I wore gloves.

@LiterateHiker You are so cleaver.

@Jolanta

Did you mean clever? If so, thanks!

@ADKSparky

Thank you! Me, too.

@LiterateHiker I don’t think I’ll be on the west coast to see family any time soon. l know the Adirondack flora but not the flora of the NW. You’d be a good teacher.

@tinkercreek

Thank you, dear!

@BudFrank

Today was a clear blue day. The mountain are rarely so clear.

By afternoon, the mountains blended into a white haze. From Seattle?

Not much air pollution in Wenatchee, WA. The worst is wildfire smoke.