Silver Falls Loop is a short but gorgeous hike beginning at Ohanapecosh campground just inside Mt. Rainier National Park. It skirts a few natural hot springs on the way toward a great view of Silver Falls, and offers a pretty darn cool view of the gorge the waterfall creates via a short footbridge.

Silver Falls is always a nice payoff for such a short and lovely walk, but in March the big gates of Mt. Rainier are closed, so on Friday Andrea, Matthew, Laura, and I hiked in the extra mile to the campground from the closed gates and trudged our way through a good deal of snow to soak up the views. Besides the river and falls we also saw a few mountain goats on our way back out to the car. (Sorry the goats were too far away for pics.)