April 27-28, 2002, Paradise, Mt. Rainier N.P.

Paradise got 3 inches of new snow Friday night. We were up there for the annual Seattle Mountaineers Glacier Travel/Crevasse Rescue Class this past weekend with new snow for Saturday and good snow conditions for Sunday. There had been a lot of surface slides on Saturday from the new snow over a bombproof base. Looks like it had settled down by Sunday. In fact there were a few brave souls that had skied from Muir down the Nisqually chutes (not setting off anymore slides) and then they continued on down toward the Nisqually Glacier Bridge.

Pics from the crevasse rescue practice can be seen at http://communities.msn.com/WildHeartsSkiing/glaciertravelfieldtrip2002.msnw

Jeanette