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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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12/29/14
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
12/29/14 9:12am
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
12/19/14 5:33am
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
8/10/14 12:47am
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
12/5/13 12:20pm
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
10/19/13 2:01pm
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8/31/13
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
9/1/13 3:23pm
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4/3/13
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
4/3/13 12:58pm
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10/26/12
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
10/26/12 12:32pm
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7/18/12
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
7/18/12 4:15pm
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We were up there Friday April 1 and found it a mixed bag; whomever beat us to it had a great run, and the group that came after us bailed. We encountered some well-scrubbed sections bookended by areas...
Love the 410 pics. Yakima Peak looking treacherous in those conditions. :)
Great TR!
+1 to @mikerolfs' comment. :)
Just to help cement my judgement, can you confirm where you had to park?
Thanks for the intel on that, was very curious how that south face was looking lately. Helens conditions were outstanding on the same day.
The south face can be treacherous in suboptimal conditions.
Chef’s Kiss.
I wouldn’t bet on trees or pow any more this season; my money is on sun-kissed open slopes and AM steeps from this point.
How's it holding up, and how was the descent condition? Also, what was the road/parking/approach like? I'm trying to get out there soon.
Hell yeah. Tokul right up in my back yard.
Road and trailhead clear?
BTW, what was the snow like on the Cascades to Palouse a.k.a. Iron Horse, and how where did continuous snow begin?
Will be doing this soon.
Started the descent at 14:00. Never saw another party the whole day, no fresh tracks before me.
Awesome!
@eatskisleep: what time did you descend?
If you had to ballpark an elevation at which the snow became pleasant, what would it be?
omg that is a long pull; it's long enough from the parking lot to the lake in the summer, let alone adding however many miles of road you had to add into the mix. And having miserable skiing con...
Where did you park, and what was your approach?
Tell me you left a car at exit 47 to do this loop. 😂
Great write up. So nothing to report on the road or parking lot?
Nice to meet you at the sign on the way up (Bryan and Chris). It was a great day out there.Verizon is definitely the carrier for the best BC coverage, and I'm so glad to see your comment about no...
Thanks for sharing your experience. These kinds of posts, humbling as they may be, serve a very real and valuable purpose in sharpening our collective wisdom and restraint. Glad you both g...
author=jakedouglas link=topic=35134.msg144105#msg144105 date=1450646429]Snow: nasty in some places in the trees where tree bombs have fallen and refrozen. Previous storm snow has a substantial crust i...
Great photographic specimen, thanks for posting. Worth an NWAC observation report.
author=vogtski link=topic=34446.msg142098#msg142098 date=1438628507]I couldn't find anything online, but the park photo archives have great shots of spike-shod mule trains carrying firewood up to...
What a great report! I couldn't tell from your FB pics that you had the skis with, but stoked now to learn that you did.Here's a couple pics of you and crevasse situation Aug 31 '...
Thanks for putting out the invite, and for writing the report!Here's the YT link for the vid: https://youtu.be/uMK4LNCLX6E
author=ps44 link=topic=34287.msg141519#msg141519 date=1432057468]The solo skier was me - nice to meet you all.I should have asked! Great pics, and I agree - some diurnal freezing & thawing a...
author=Snow Bell link=topic=34287.msg141491#msg141491 date=1431962965]Glad to learn that Don's knees haven't rusted out entirely yet!At least the trail is nice...He's on AT gear now, to...