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The Mountain Loop Six
Days Around Mount Rainier National Park
with Alpine Adventures Tours
The undisputed Queen of all
mountains in Washington is Mt. Rainier. Tahoma to the natives, this volcano at
14,411 feet is not only the tallest peak in Washington, it is a living god to
all those who have lived beneath her for centuries. 10,000 years ago the
mountain collapsed on itself sending a 300 foot wall of mud 30 miles north,
creating the plain that now is home to many towns, including Puyallup,
Enumclaw, Auburn, Black Diamond among others. On this adventure you will
discover all that makes "The Mountain" what it is… the greatest
volcano in the chain of mountains called the "Cascades." Tahoma is
not dead, she is only sleeping!
The Mountain…
rules the northwest and can
be seen from hundreds of miles in all directions. This adventure starts with a
trip through Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, a giant game preserve where you'll
get an up close view of the animals that are native to the region. You will
see cougar, mountain goats, black bear, elk, deer and buffalo. After the game
drive, you'll board the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad for an old fashioned train
ride to Mineral Lake for your first great views of "The Mountain."
Once entering Mt. Rainier
National Park, you'll be awed by the forest and the mountains. You'll visit
the Visitors Center and Museum for biological, geographical and cultural
histories of "The Mountain." Then a hike up to 6000 feet and views
of Mt. Adams, Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier and its many glaciers.
The next day we will hike
the interpretive trail through "Ohanapecosh" to "The Grove of
the Patriarchs," the local collection of the largest Western Red Cedar
and Douglas Fir trees in the world. We finish the circumnavigation of Rainier
via a rafting trip on the Class III White River, which flows from the largest
glacier on the mountain, the Emmons.
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Itineraries 
