Flowers of Mt. Rainier National Park

The alpine gardens of Mt. Rainier glow with life and color during the fleeting months of summer that grace so fleeting the emerald ridges that sheer like verdant knives against the achingly blue mountain sky. Beargrass, Indian Paintbrush, and Avalanche Lillies wave their heads in the brisk wind that gusts across the high Tundra of the Pacific Northwest, a reminder of the cold of the sleeping winter, and a promise of snow to come.