Comet Falls four-hundred-foot cascade
— the comet the mountain throws over the ledge.
Not only on a wall.
“A four-hundred-foot drop on Van Trump Creek, on the south flank of Mount Rainier. The water comes off the Van Trump Glacier and spreads at the brink into the long white tail that gave the falls its name. The trail leaves the Nisqually road near Christine Falls and climbs about twelve hundred feet through old-growth fir to the viewpoint. Spring melt is the loudest. By late summer the flow narrows and the meadows above bloom toward Rainier itself.
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The place, in three passes.
Comet Falls is in Mount Rainier National Park on the south flank of the mountain, in Pierce County, Washington. Van Trump Creek drops a total of about four hundred and sixty feet in two main pitches, with the longer lower drop spreading at the brink into the trailing fan that gives the falls its name. The trailhead sits at about thirty-six hundred feet on the Paradise Road, twelve miles inside the Nisqually entrance and between Longmire and Paradise. The standard route is three and a half to four miles round trip with about twelve hundred feet of climb, and the trail continues above the falls into the meadows of Van Trump Park.
The water comes off the Van Trump Glacier on the south face of Mount Rainier, fourteen thousand four hundred and eleven feet at the summit and one of the most heavily glaciated peaks in the contiguous United States. Van Trump Creek carries the meltwater down through forested benches before the cliff at Comet Falls. Flow peaks in late May and June with the bulk of the melt and drops through August into early autumn. The National Park Service tracks the Van Trump Glacier as one of the small south-face glaciers that have lost the most mass since the park was created in 1899.
The Comet Falls Trailhead is at about thirty-six hundred feet on the Paradise Road inside Mount Rainier National Park. The park entrance fee is required, and the parking area is small and fills early on summer weekends. Snow lingers on the upper trail into July; the bridge over Van Trump Creek is typically in place from mid-June through October. Above the falls the trail enters Van Trump Park, a subalpine meadow with direct views of Rainier and a network of climbing routes toward the Kautz Glacier. Bears are present on the mountain, and food storage rules apply throughout the park.