Box Canyon at Mt. Rainier
Aug. 15th, 2022 07:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerAfter finishing up with our hike at Silver Falls we drove west, further into Mt. Rainier National Park. Our next stop was Box Canyon. It was partly because we were trying to locate the elusive Cougar Falls; reaching Box Canyon meant we'd gone slightly too far. But it was also because Dat Mountain, Tho'!
There are so many great views of Rainier. It dominates the skyline not just here in the park but even 80-100 miles away in Seattle. Its peak is at 14,410' elevation, and most of what surrounds it is lower than 4,000', so it's in the view from pretty much everywhere around.
While at Box Canyon we decided to walk the paved nature trail, enjoying views of Mt. Rainier and reading signs about Box Canyon.
Box Canyon is an interesting canyon-within-a-canyon. Up above, where we're standing, is a broad canyon carved by Cowlitz Glacier. The lower end of it is just 3 miles away. Beneath our feet is a different canyon, Box Canyon. is narrow and deep— 180' deep where this bridge crosses it, and only 13' wide at the bottom. Box Canyon formed from a crack in the bedrock. Water flows rushes through it from melting Cowlitz Glacier. But because the rock is very hard the water has carved a very narrow channel.
There are so many great views of Rainier. It dominates the skyline not just here in the park but even 80-100 miles away in Seattle. Its peak is at 14,410' elevation, and most of what surrounds it is lower than 4,000', so it's in the view from pretty much everywhere around.
While at Box Canyon we decided to walk the paved nature trail, enjoying views of Mt. Rainier and reading signs about Box Canyon.
Box Canyon is an interesting canyon-within-a-canyon. Up above, where we're standing, is a broad canyon carved by Cowlitz Glacier. The lower end of it is just 3 miles away. Beneath our feet is a different canyon, Box Canyon. is narrow and deep— 180' deep where this bridge crosses it, and only 13' wide at the bottom. Box Canyon formed from a crack in the bedrock. Water flows rushes through it from melting Cowlitz Glacier. But because the rock is very hard the water has carved a very narrow channel.
