The Kautz Creek Trail runs 5.4 miles to the Wonderland Trail and Indian Henry's Hunting Ground. The area, named for a Cowlitz Indian who hunted goats here in the late 1800s, spans a series of meadows that see big summer blooms and attractive fall colors. Mirror Lake is .9 miles from the Wonderland junction under Pyramid Peak.

Mount Adams' combined glacier area decreased by 49% from 1904 to 2006 (Danielle J. Sitts, Andrew G. Fountain and Matthew J. Hoffman, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon)

A Nisqually Indian named Wah-pow-e-ty guided the Kautz party to the snow line

Indian Henry is the adopted name of So-To-Lick, who established a prosperous farm on the Mashel Prairie

Paintbrush roots have specialized parts called haustoria, which attach to the roots of other plants and draw away nutrients

Subalpine parklands cover about 23% of the Park; these meadows fall into two groups which are shaped and defined by snow depth and duration

Huckleberry is a corruption of the word 'whortleberry'; and although it's colloquially referred to as a berry, it's technically a drupe

Mirror Lake is located .9 miles from the Wonderland Trail junction

Views are limited until reaching the open east flank of Mount Ararat (6,010')

The fecund meadows of Indian Henry's Hunting Ground are a good place to find elk and bear, especially in the fall

Old growth Douglas Fir trunks can measure 3 - 6' in diameter, and reach heights of 150 -250' tall with massive, complex crowns

Views stretch east across the Tatoosh Range, a line of craggy peaks on Rainier's south boundary

Lousewort derives its name from the Latin word pediculus (a louse), an old misconception that stock could become infested with lice when grazing on the plants

Indian Henry was known as an excellent woodsman who guided at least one party in attempting the summit (though like most Native Americans he himself never summited the mountain, believing it to be bad luck)

Bistort, a member of the Buckwheat family, is nicknamed 'miner's socks' for the pungency of its flowers

The trail climbs 2,595' in a 3.05 mile span to reach a well-earned reprieve in the first meadow

Though the patrol cabin is closed to the public, hikers can still enjoy the porch and sign the visitors log book

The trail arcs across this open slope to its highest point (5,627') before dropping gently to the Wonderland Trail and Patrol Cabin