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2023_04_30

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Mount Rainier is not the only volcano in the park. There are also several satellite volcanoes surrounding it. A couple of these satellite volcanoes formed about 105,000 years ago when new vents opened on the lower northwest flank of Mount Rainier. Lava flows of basaltic andesite (hotter, more fluid magmas than typical for Mount Rainier) spread across the Spray Park and Mist Park areas from cinder cones preserved as Echo and Observation Rocks. The vents were probably fed from a great depth rather than laterally from the same system that fueled Mount Rainier’s eruptions. Have you noticed these two two volcanic features when hiking in the area?

NPS/S. Redman Photo of Observation and Echo Rocks.

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Ulva Island and Oban

After spending a week walking the North West Circuit on Stewart Island / Rakiura in March 2021 I visited Ulva Island, catching the charming Ulva Island Ferry service for the 15-20 minute crossing from Golden Bay. The boat was built in 1951 to travel between the islands in the Bay of Islands in Northland, and Peter had been the skipper Peter since 1999. Ulva Island is a sanctuary for native New…