One of our most photogenic Mount Rainier-area waterfalls was unplanned, unexpected…and unnamed! Some ad-hoc exploration on a damp, sporadically rainy afternoon led us up a side road and hiking trail as far as the road would go, and right past this waterfall with no name on a small, intermittent brook feeding into Fish and Tahoma Creeks (and ultimately, the Nisqually River). A couple days of prior rain atop an already wet summer, with plenty of area snowmelt, insured good flow for many typically dry or trickling water paths in the area, and a delicately beautiful lacework of a cascade here. Photographic conditions were ideal for a waterfall too: overcast and wet (in light rain), ensuring even light diffusion and muted light levels to optimize a short time exposure.
3 WNW Longmire WA (16 Jul 11) Looking W
46.767, -121.8786