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At approximately 7:30am your guide for the day will pick you up at your downtown Seattle hotel or preferred location in the area. Youll board our spacious high-roof extended length passenger vehicle for the ride south to Mt. Rainier National Park. As we approach the park, Mt. Rainier will periodically come into view on clear days. Youll enjoy the scenery of the rustic farmland and lowland old growth forests will that surround the mountain as we get closer. During the journey, your guide will share background information about the park itself as well as the areas natural history to put your visit to Mt. Rainier in a broader context of the Pacific Northwests geologic past.After entering the park, well begin to gain elevation and youll get your first panoramic views of Mt. Rainiers glacier clad flanks and summit that towers above us at 14,411 ft. On the way up the mountain, well make stops to stretch our legs and breath in our surroundings in an old growth forest of towering trees that have stood for over 800 years. Well take in plunging waterfalls and rivers fed by glacial run-off heavy with silt, shaping the landscape before our eyes. The highest elevation your tour will reach will be between 5,400 and 6,400 ft. At these heights, youll be surrounded by the mountains sub-alpine splendor. Early spring tours will see the mountain still in the midst of winter at these elevations with snow several feet high at the side of the road. Summer tours in July and August will be able to walk through Mt. Rainiers famous expanses of wildflower meadows, and after a short hike, come face to face with some of the mountains 25 major glaciers–the most of any peak in the US outside of Alaska. Your full time guide will be with you throughout your journey at Mt. Rainier. Youll learn about the mountains cycle of seasons, how its glaciers formed, how they are continually changing the landscape today, and whats in store for the mountains future. Around midday, your guide will serve you a delicious catered lunch in the park.
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