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Winter snow buries the lower floors of the Paradise Inn.  

Did You Know?
At Mount Rainier, winter snowfall is typically heaviest between the elevations of 5,000 and 8,000 feet. Paradise, at 5,420 feet, receives an average of 680 inches of snowfall (nearly 57 feet) every year, making it one of the consistently snowiest places on Earth of those where snowfall is measured.

Last Updated: April 04, 2007 at 12:56 EST