We set off on our first real family snowshoe adventure in Mount Rainier National Park. We chose what we thought to be a perfect (although somewhat ambitious) first snowshoe adventure of about 3 miles round trip starting from the Narada Falls parking lot (map). Another snowshoer directed us to the preferred trail head right beside the closed for the season bathrooms. Lucky for us, the first part was the most challenging and our 7 year-old thrives on a challenge. We all managed to get up the very steep embankment onto the trail, after which we followed the trail through a peaceful, quiet winter wonderland. We only saw 3-4 other parties…