box canyon loop

box canyon loop印象

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  waterdogooder

  Short loop to see the amazing canyon and the power of water. Worth the short hike and not many people on the trail.

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  227maryh

  We stopped here twice during our visit to Rainier. It's just the perfect place to get out of the car and take a little walk. There's something about all that misty, cool air rising up out of that deep canyon that makes you feel super.

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  HazelEyesFromTN

  This is a half mile round trip if that much. One side of the road is a overlook and the other side has the start of a trail. It starts out in the open but crosses over the canyon and into woods. You come back down the road to the parking lot. From the road also also has nice shots into the canyon.I love narrow canyons and this does not disappoint.

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  5nn

  Don't miss this hike when you are in Mt Rainier National Park. It is less than a mile and takes you up a short hill where you see Mt. Rainier in the background with large, smooth rocks covered with a deep green moss in the foreground. Takes your breath away! You then walk toward a bridge that crosses the river deep within the box canyon.

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  mikenshar

  The box Canyon Loop is a short hike around the box canyon ravine that is nice with good views, but not good views of the mountain. It is worth the stop because of the unusual depth of the narrow slice of a canyon wall that you cross. Also I liked the nearby tunnel cut out of shear rock.

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  Jordan1324

  Another pleasant surprise in Mt Rainier National Park. So interesting to see where the retreating glacier etches the stone. Cool vegetation that seems to grow right out of the rocks. Awesome rushing water, it's hard to resist the urge to toss your sunhat in....

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  daveandgloria

  Look at al sides it is worth the drive. Nice road side stop by a tunnel and bridge. One of the highlights of the long drive

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  LorenG

  This is one of my favorite parts of the park. It is easy to find. After you get there and park you car, walk half way across the bridge and look down. It is simply amazing.

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  OutdoorBoomer

  Most people only go to the viewpoint/interpretive part by the parking lot. If you just stroll across the road and go in 1/4 mile there is an excellent example of glacier scouring, a wonderful view of Rainier on clear days and a bridge that allows you to look right over in the canyon gorge.

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  ALFriedman

  Most travelers driving up the Stevens Canyon Road to Paradise even give Box Canyon a glance as they pass by. Big Mistake! If you get out and walk this very short (less than a mile) loop trail, you will be rewarded by a spectacular view of a deep and incredibly narrow gorge, cut by the Cowlitz River. There is a bridge that spans the canyon, and you will be amazed at the sculpted rock walls and rounded shapes that you can see from there. Even if you don't want to walk the loop trail, you should at least park and get out to walk onto the bridge right next to the parking lot. That too will give you a great view of this canyon.