Mount Rainier National Park Mountaineering Trips
This was a RMI guided hike up Mt Rainier on the Disappointment Cleaver route. The RMI trip starts in the morning with a hike to Camp Muir. After an overnight at Muir, we started at 1:30AM up the upper section on the mountain. We reached the top of the Cleaver at first light and summitted on a cloudless, windless morning at 7:30AM. I dropped my pack at the crater rim (leaving GPS...
Day 1: Climb to Camp Muir [CM]
1115 - 5.3K' - Maria and I depart Paradise Visitor's Center.1800 - 10.1K' - Arrive at CM; camp overnight.
Day 2: Move the camp from CM to Ingraham Flats [IF] at 11K'.1245 - 10K' - Depart CM.1430 - 11K' - Arrive IF; camp and boil water. Lots of water.2230 - 11K' - Andrew and Artemis join us at IF.
Day 3: Go for the summit.
Ascent:0115 - 11K' -...
Didn't make it all the way to Muir. I've been slacking on my workouts, so I was moving slowly and there was a nasty bit of weather coming in. Of course, by the time I descended to 6K', the skies were clear.
Steve and I were supposed to meet Tim up at Camp Muir, but apparently something came up and he had to leave before we got there. So instead of chancing a 2-man summit attempt, we just headed up to Camp Muir, spent the night, and came back the next day.
Scott and I attempt Mt. Rainier via the Emmons glacier with our dear friends Carl and Tina.
Didn't make it to Muir due to altitude sickness.
This was my first successful hike to Muir. The first few points of GPS data are a little bit off.
Second successful hike to Muir.
Again, didn't make it to Muir, but not for lack of conditioning. At 9090', we turned around due to 40+ MPH winds blowing ice horizontally. Yeah, this is supposed to be a fun day hike. :)
