March 24, 2002, Paradise, Mt Rainier NP

Despite instrument (foggy) conditions at Paradise the forecast was for sun breaks. With hopes of improving weather we headed towards Cowlitz Rocks with alternate plans to go low if the vis didn't break. Waited above Sluiskin Falls in the soup for a while hoping it would clear but it didn�t so we worked our way down Mazama Ridge to Reflection Lakes, over the saddle and on down to Narada Falls. Snow was pretty much 2 or 3 inches of mashed potatoes on a crust that held up the lightweights most of the time and broke through with the heavyweights (that'd be me) when you just started to thinking you were "getting it" .. No avy conditions noted (but of course we could only see about 15 feet most of the time J ).

Later in the week (Wednesday) one of our undercover spies reported wind scoured boilerplate on Mazama Ridge.

Ron Jarvis