Mount Ranier
Date: 6/30/2022
Partners: Alex Neal, Jordan Diefenderfer, Chad Pranger
Trailhead: White River Campground
Route: Emmons
Distance: 18.2mi
Elevation Gain: 10,400ft
Start Time: 3:30am
Elapsed Time: 11.5hrs
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A big day on big terrain pays off with 8k of epic corn skiing and incredible views.
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18.2m - 10,400ft - 11.5hrs
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We started at 3:30am from - Summit in the distance
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After hiking the Glacier Basin Trail the terrain opened up into the basin below Mount Ruth and Steamboat Prow
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We transitioned from trail runners to crampons a few hundred feet below the Ruth - Steamboat saddle
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Booting to the saddle between Ruth and Steamboat Prow
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PANO: L2R Little Tahoma, Rainier, Liberty Cap
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Little Tahoma and an incredible glaciated snowfield
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Roped up and climbing Rainier's northern slopes
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Going to have to watch out for this stuff on the way down
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Gaining the saddle between Liberty Cap and Ranier's summit
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Mount Adams from Ranier's summit
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Alex^2 on Rainier's summit
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Alex.N below Liberty Cap
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Crevasse Awareness
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Corn Star
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Camp Schurman below Steamboat Prow
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Not sick of the corn
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after 8k of corn skiing we headed back to the TH
