2026-09-28 04:40 UTC
Another #autumn #hiking in the #PNW thread. Started with a hike up Crystal Peak, which has this excellent view of Mt Rainier, right in your face, with a lot of new snow on it (and there was a bit on the trail too). Crystal Peak is inside Mt Rainier National Park, East of the Mountain and just South of the Crystal Mountain Ski Resort. That's the White River running down the valley there, it joins the Puyallup and empties into Puget Sound at Tacoma. 1/7
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@eugeneparnell@mstdn.social 2026-09-28 04:46
Part 2. I followed Highway 410, which will be closed for the winter in a few weeks, right on over the Cascades to the tiny town of Tieton, which has been settled by a number of well known contemporary artists, kind of like Marfa, Texas (to which it likes to compare itself). Despite this, it's still an apple packing town at heart and most of the population are Latino farm workers. 2/7 #autumn #hiking #PNW #getoutside