"It was a beautiful sunny summer day. Snow lingers along the lake and in big patches for the next .5 mile then it is snow free to the top. It was clear enough that we spotted Mt, Hood between Adams and St. Helens. The view of Mount Rainier is amazing! " — WendyandTom • Aug 3, 2012

"I had planned a weekend trip with my friend Steve Wirth and his cousin to see the Alpenglow on Mount Rainier. After talking with some locals, I had picked Gobbler's Knob as a good place to see it from. Unfortunately, the road to the trailhead we wanted was washed out, but I figured we could just take the Lake Christine trailhead and find our way in from there. We missed the fork in the trail to take us toward Gobbler's Knob. As it was getting later in the day and I didn't want miss the sunset, we decided to head to Mount Beljica instead. By the time we made it up to the summit, it was shrouded in fog and we could not see Rainier. Disappointed, we drank the six-pack we had hauled up with us and, taking the empties with us, headed back down the hill to find a place to set up camp. As we were headed down, I noticed the fog seemed to be lifting. I suggested we head back up. Steve would have no part of it, but his cousin and I went back up. Almost to the summit, my strength gave out and I yelled to Steve's cousin I was heading back down. He was a little ahead of me, just around a bend in the trail, where I could not see him. He shouted back for me to keep coming, I couldn't miss ..." — richlueck • Sep 15, 1991