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.
18.2m - 10,400ft - 11.5hrs
We started at 3:30am from - Summit in the distance
After hiking the Glacier Basin Trail the terrain opened up into the basin below Mount Ruth and Steamboat Prow
We transitioned from trail runners to crampons a few hundred feet below the Ruth - Steamboat saddle
Booting to the saddle between Ruth and Steamboat Prow
PANO: L2R Little Tahoma, Rainier, Liberty Cap
Little Tahoma and an incredible glaciated snowfield
Roped up and climbing Rainier's northern slopes
Going to have to watch out for this stuff on the way down
Gaining the saddle between Liberty Cap and Ranier's summit
Mount Adams from Ranier's summit
Alex^2 on Rainier's summit
Alex.N below Liberty Cap
Crevasse Awareness
Corn Star
Camp Schurman below Steamboat Prow
Not sick of the corn
after 8k of corn skiing we headed back to the TH