24 Hours in Mount Rainier National Park: Hiking the Skyline Trail, Seeing 5 Waterfalls & More

Mount Rainier National Park is a stunning natural area in Washington that encompasses the mountain and hundreds of thousands of acres that surround it. I spent the day exploring only one of the three parts of the park and fell in love with this beautiful area. During the trip I hiked the Skyline Trail, saw waterfalls and explored some of the area's history. Check it out and let me know what your favorite part of Mount Rainier National Park is in the comments.

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[romanlukomskiy]

First two weeks of August is prime wildflower season and that John Muir quote will make more sense than ever. I would recommend all four areas of the park: Paradise, Mowich Lake, Sunrise, and Ohanapecosh. There are several historic lookout towers worth hiking to, panoramic views, wildlife, wildflowers that blanket the slopes of the mountain, and waterfalls that will dwarf Christine falls. Very happy to see you in my backyard!

[lisamuir]

Mt. Rainier at the end of July is gorgeous! The wildflowers are blooming everywhere. This is my favorite place.

[jimpowers]

You do an excellent job on these videos, very professional, easy to watch and entertaining. Your dad is a cool dude too

[nancycamaquin]

Beautiful day for you visiting Mt. Ranier NP! Thank you for highlighting this area for those of us who who cannot hike all the way to top. Beautiful trails and lots to see!

[jen]

Wow! That was absolutely gorgeous! I hated to see your video come to an end! I was in Seattle in 1999 and one of my wishes was to go up to Mount Rainier. I didn't end up going because it was cloudy and overcast my whole visit. Now it feels like I've been there with your video! Thank you! Good decision on your part to change your plans and go to Mount Rainier on a clear day! Absolutely gorgeous! 😀

[thebutlerfamilyadventures]

Love it. My family and I were just at Rainier last summer and there was still 20 feet of snow at paradise. Stayed in the paradise lodge and it was well worth it. So glad we shot a video on that trip because I’ll never forget what a winter wonderland it was, even in June.

[patelliott]

Mount Rainier is one of my very favorite parks! It's been several years since we've been, but thank you for taking us on this wonderful trip with you! Love your videos and your family! Have recommended your YouTube channel to many people. Keep up the good work!

[leifandsorennordgren]

One of my favorite places on earth. So nice to see you aiming your lens in my backyard. Seeing your video reminds me again how lucky I am to live near this stunning mountain!

[prowrestlingisart]

So beautiful! Didn’t realize so much of the hike had no shade. That elevation gain is no joke

[chino]

Absolutely well done. I feel as if I wee with them to take everything in. They have the same taste as mine, love of wild flowers. I am now over 80 year of age and unfortunately I would not be able to do a small part of this hike. So thanks to both.

[mariamjehn]

Best Mt Ranier video I have ever seen!! Number one.. not a cloud in the bluebell sky.. number two your so talented and I’ve been hooked since sometime during Covid!! 😮😊soooo awesome 😎

[noahcount]

Mt. Rainier NP is well supplied with scenic eye candy for the visitors to enjoy. There's more here than most visitors anticipate. This ranks as one of my favorite TML videos.

[enziogehrig]

Thank you for this beautiful video! I toured the area in the summer of 1975 with my dad but was unable to hike any trails in Mount Rainier National Park because of my dad's limp. This video has brought back very fond memories.

[markakira]

Every Thanksgiving my sister reminds everyone of our family trip to Mt. Rainier decades ago and how a Park Ranger yelled at me: "Stop throwing pinecones!". I replayed that waterfall at Mt. Rainer's base several times. Wow. Like Icelandic. All these National Parks you visit, you should buy one of those National Park passport stamp books. Peace and safe travels.

[rhondaz]

This must have been very invigorating. Thank you for taking us along. This was so interesting, and beautiful. 👏👏

[sarahparnell]

Thank you for visiting one of my very favorite places on Earth! If you have a chance to come back, I highly recommend visiting other parts of the park. I got to spend summers during college working at Sunrise, some of my most favorite memories. (Sunrise: 6400 feet, the highest paved road in the state of WA.) I think you'd really enjoy Second/Third Burroughs Mountain and/or the Mt. Fremont Trail (fire lookout). It's also a short season there end of June through September-ish. Thank you for your videos, as they are a continual source of inspiration!

[kellyjohnson]

My mom and I stayed at the paradise inn which is so beautiful. We did a driving tour of the park. My mom is 83 so she is limited in how much she can walk but we still had a lovely trip. Next time drive to the sunrise section. We saw the mountain goats there. Lots of amazing short hikes or even just pull outs. It’s very beautiful no matter what par5 of the park. I grew up there so of course it’s one of my all time fav national parks. For good reason it was one of the first national parks in the world. 4th. Created in 1899, right after Yosemite. 1st:Yellowstone. 2nd: sequoia. 5th: crater lake.

[papacoach]

I've hired this trail more than a dozen times. I never get tired of it.
I have also hiked many more trails (including a trip to the top). I like Comet falls on the way to Van Trump Park and Eagle Peak. Eagle Peak is usually less crowded.

[Verlopil]

What an absolutely beautiful park. Washington and Oregon are two of the four states I've never visited (Alaska and Hawaii are the others). I need to get to those two.

Thank you for yet another wonderful video. These are good for my mental health! 🙂

[AmbientWalking]

How beautiful! Thanks so much! Happy to have traveled with you! 👋