Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
TPL-6400
Date(s)
- 1910 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
ca. 1910. The Paradise Ice Caves were once one of the most popular attractions at Mount Rainier National Park. Visitors were fascinated by the "blue light" beauty of the Paradise Glacier caves. Over time the glacier retreated up valley and the thinning lower end became an unstable mass of ice. Due to extremely dangerous conditions the Paradise Ice Caves were closed to the public in 1971. By 1991 the last of the ice caves had collapsed.