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Amar Analkar's site is a great resource with webcams, real-time weather readouts, and the Mt. Rainier Recreational Forecast.  When it comes up for the winter Northwest Avalanche Center has mountain weather and avalanche forecasts and links to all their weather stations.

Fine Winter trip: sunshine, powder and some whiteout navigation! Yes, a lot of boarders.  I was one of very few tele...

Dan, I booted the climbers trail in about 10" of snow. I could have skinned it, but I thought hiking would be faster given how steep it is there. There was a lot of running water on the trail below the treeline, which may now be frozen and treacherous. That would be my main concern as far as trail conditions.

Awesome photo, Norseman!

Thanks for the info!  How much new snow is there higher up since a week ago and how deep is the snow at Paradise?  Did you dig a pit?

I skied the Muir Snowfield from a few hundred feet below Camp Muir. Very thick cloud was rising and threatening to take away some hard earned early season vertical. The wind cake up high was very consistent  and skied quite well. The mid section until we skied into the near whiteout was perfect. I was happy to bump into Amar who provided excellent navigation through the tricky mix of rocky soup. Hope everybody got down safe. Car to car again and much better than last Tuesday.

Really nice vid brother. And that looked like really fun sliding. Posted on my FB page and scheduled for tomorrow AM. Thanks!!!

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What a great way to start the week.

Excellent trip report!  Thank you for sharing!

Well-played. I shouldn't have trusted the forecast!

Those are great photos.  I like the snowboard tracks that milk the slope all the way to a crevasse.
New snow is so nice.

Rolfs and the Beast.  Awesome.

Way to get after it!

That looked like great skiing.  Thanks for sharing the video.
I like the pigtail shadows.

YEAH!

I wish I had advanced weather forecasting abilities!

Nice thinking...or maybe you just didn't care?

Great day Tuesday, nice to get the party ski back in full swing.  Seeing a glimmer of hope for Thursday's forecast a few of us returned and scored a sleeper pow day.  Substantial snowfall (above Pan) and a helpful breeze made for great turns from Muir to Pan Point . Blue skies (above Pan) did not hurt either. We had smiles on our faces as we walked back into the clouds and rain below.

Perfect weather window with good snow to claim month # 60. May the next 60 be as much fun. 
Awesome video - thanks for sharing

Some of the better snow that I have had in my 24+ visits :D
Great day spent with old & new friends! And a Big Thanks to Silas for the Direction to Fun! Kaw!

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Interesting snow quality observations.  We thought it was great from Muir to our P-tex saving stopping point of 6,600'.  Yes was best in the middle as usual, but was a far cry from the worst I've seen there and certainly was a blast for late October.  Maybe call it good snowboarding conditions?  Was a perfect one day window; I'll take as many "High Pressure Tuesday's" as possible, esp. this year  ;).  The best part of all, for the early starters, was that the Park h...

Good times yesterday! Nice seeing everyone back down at the parking lot for the tailgate too! What a great day to start(?) the 15-16 ski season.

Sunday was car-t-car, with 0" snow base from Paradise Lodge to upper entrance of Muir Ice Sheet. I would have GLADLY skied the mank you encountered at 9000'. Your count must be getting up there...congrats for October.

Sunday-Monday storm left a surprisingly thick and stout layer of base. From Muir to 9K it was heavily wind affected, aka rippled, alternating between very firm and breakable crust.  From 7-9K things skied great. Below abt 6,500 was 6" slushy blueberry and rock dodging with 0-3" over the paved trail.

Weather was awesome, especially on the upskin; Après great!

Awesome, Greg!