[Narrator 1] From Mowich Lake we took the Spray Park Trail
and then climbing up to Spray Park which is a
really a series of subalpine parks before you
descend again and then hiking the Carbon River Trail
to the Carbon River Entrance.
[rushing water]
[Narrator 2] I would say that Spray Falls is the most impressive waterfall
that I saw at Mount Rainier. Just in its- not necessarily
in the quantity of water that's coming off, but the way it has a wide fan
across this rock face as it falls off into
this dramatic drop.
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[whisper] Oh! He just ate a berry!
[Off camera] What do you think of them?
Mmm, these are delicious!
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[crunching footsteps]
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[trickling water]
[Narrator 2] We started early the next day from Cataract Valley and we
descended through the forest for a while until we came to the
Carbon River Suspension Bridge.
[roaring water]
Sort of being suspended
over this raging glacial river and
feeling a little bit unsure about the bridge as it kind of sways
back and forth a little bit, or wobbles, always fun
and past that you can take a little short side trip
maybe about a quarter of mile up to see the
terminus of the Carbon Glacier.
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So the Carbon River Trail is a former road and there are constant
reminders of the power of the Carbon River to
move and displace huge amounts of rock
and break off segments of the road, the former road,
now a trail.