This is one of my favorite easy day hikes. It is just off of the Mountain Loop Highway, about 1 1/2 hours from Seattle. To get to where the caves form it is only a 1 mile trek to the base of the mountain, where the waterfall runoff carves into the avalanche fields below, creating humongous caverns. This photo is just one of several ice caves, taken earlier in the year, which is why the cavern looks so small.
The first time I ventured this way it was with Angela and Jason. It was our cool-down hike, after having just tackled Lake 22. It was the perfect place to be because as you approach the caves cool air flows off the ice, chilling your bones.
I was again there last week and the caves where carved out more than my last trip in June, so much in fact that you could venture inside of them, which they advise not to because of its instability.
Sadly, this is what can happen.
(http://heraldnet.com/article/20100803/NEWS01/708039918)
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