Mt. Rainier - Nisqually-Gibraltar Chute 12/26/2009
Trip: Mt. Rainier - Nisqually-Gibraltar Chute
Date: 12/26/2009
Trip Report:Franklin and I summitted this morning via the chute. Conditions were pretty good, especially through the chute itself. We didn't use the pro we brought. The upper mountain was in good shape too, half and half firm and ankle deep postholing. It was windy on the summit, with temps around 5.
We descended the Ingraham Direct which is not an advisable descent route right now. It's thinly covered and broken. We hugged the right side near the bottom (right along the rock). We then walked down Cadaver Gap. We probably should have descended the ledges.
Sunrise from above Gibraltar Rock.
Franklin on the ascent.
Morning Alpenglow.
Franklin at about 13,500'.
Views.
Franklin on the upper mountain.
The view across the summit crater.
Franklin on Columbia Crest.
Liberty Cap and Puget Sound from the summit.
Franklin descending the upper portion of the Ingraham Glacier.
Looking down the Ingraham Glacier.
Cathedral Peaks and Little Tahoma.
Franklin happy to be done with the Ingraham Glacier.
Looking back up the Ingraham Glacier.
Franklin, all smiles after his first summit of Mt. Rainier.
