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10 years 3 months ago #224888 by thatoneguydave
Tatoosh: Pinnacle Glacier status? was created by thatoneguydave
Does anyone know if there is anything left of the pinnacle glacier in the Tatoosh? It was in a pretty sad state of affairs in June and wondered if it had completely melted out.

Thanks.

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10 years 3 months ago #224890 by Lot 2
Replied by Lot 2 on topic Re: Tatoosh: Pinnacle Glacier status?
It's gone. We hit it in August and it was slim pickings then, but still made for a great pond skim. Based on last weekend on the Muir snow field, you'll be looking at 7,500+ to hit anything at all. Muir snow field below Anvil Rock was slim pickings, full of small cracks, mud, dirt, water, slush, ice, glacial ice and rocks. Discontinuous as well, with a major break in continuity around ~8k.

Looked much better above 9k, but below 10.8 haha.

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10 years 3 months ago #224891 by telemack
Replied by telemack on topic Re: Tatoosh: Pinnacle Glacier status?
If only! :(
You can see it from the Mount Rainier-Tatoosh webcam; there is about a 20' chunk of frozen rock cocktail.

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10 years 3 months ago #224892 by r1de
Replied by r1de on topic Re: Tatoosh: Pinnacle Glacier status?
I've been reloading that camera every so often and biting my nails, wondering if this would be the year that eradicated the Pinnacle. :'(

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10 years 3 months ago #224895 by Norseman
Replied by Norseman on topic Re: Tatoosh: Pinnacle Glacier status?
Still barely there:




(10/23/2015)

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10 years 3 months ago #224897 by Lot 2
Replied by Lot 2 on topic Re: Tatoosh: Pinnacle Glacier status?
Got to thinking about this a bit more, we were skimming in June, not August.....It's been gone a long time. That last picture is quite representative. 1 decent fresh snow will get us back in play though.

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