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Was out there for a week in May. Super awesome trip. Second time to the Creek. Also did a lot of trail running and scrambling (3rd/4th class)in Arches National Park which is located in Moab. Did the same thing as Picketeer... ping ponged between Supercrack Buttress and Doneley Canyon. I drove out there without a climbing partner from LA. Never fear. Just walk up to the Supercrack Butress and you find many people waiting for partners (the more 2's and 3's you got the more partners you'll find). The land out there is all BLM, meaning you can camp anywhere (really!) but just pack it out. Drive into the Creek with lots of food and many (many!) gallons of water because there is no clean water sources down there. I plan to return this Fall when the temps drop to normalcy...

CBC Welcome to CC.com. I am game for that! I would like to time my visit with a good weather window. Shoot me an email... You can find my address on my member profile page by clicking on my name SNOWBALL.

Hi you all! I was up at Rainier last weekend when the sky was clear and the mountain was in perfect climbing condition... but my partner/girlfriend wasnt. Major bummer. We were planning to climb Fuhrer Finger. I have a totally free schedule the next 2 or 3 weeks and would like to hook up with another climber/team that wants a partner to climb something. I am good with leading something upto/including grade 3. LR, Thermogenesis, or something else steep (up 50 degrees) would be my choices on the north side, but if you have something else/similar planned, that would be cool too. I post a lot my pictures on Summitpost.com. Check out my pics on my SP member profile page (member name ClimbingSnow). Interested? Shoot me an email to my address on my CC.com profile page. Peace.

Hi y'all! Are people finding they need snow shoes on the lower Nisqually glacier and/or Wilson glacier? I am headed up that side of the mountain to climb either the Kautz Ice Chute or Fuhrer Finger this weekend... Many thanks! (BTW, sad to hear about the 2 climbers lost on the way down from Camp Muir )

Ditto. I plan to be up there 1st week in June. My girlfriend and i are planning to climb Fuhrer Finger. Maybe we'll see ya if youre up for another try...

Has anyone heard whats happened to Jane's party of 4? Interested in how thay faired...

Clintoris, I read you TR. Congrats! Thats good info... So people had to hug the Cleaver. Hope Mr Gauthier has some more info. My girlfriend and i are planning to camp up at Ingrahams Flat and then wait for a weather window...

Hi you all, from sunny Los Angeles... I am planning a trip up there for an ascent via the Ingraham Direct in about 2 weeks. Any first hand info on the route above ingraham flats? (I climbed Rainier via the Kautz and Cleaver in the past, so i am already familiar with the overall expectations.) Pictures would be awesome... I already checked out the Mt Rainier Climbing and Route Conditions Report. That was helpful. Thanks

By the way, did you go through the Catwalk, or up and left of it? Just trying to get a sense of what people think is fastest or safest or easiest. Thanks David

Many thanks. Awesome climb by the way...

Hi Cascadeclimbers! I am new to this forum. From LA but love to climb up in your backyard... Skyclimb I am planning a 2 day climb up the ridge this weekend. Ive climbed the northside (hotlum glacier) and the gulch in spring and summer but not the ridge... 1. wondering how long a typical snowshoe to the base of the ridge would take from bunnyflat. 2. the 100+mph winds were above or at misery hill from the northwest i assume, or not? how did you circumvent them? just wondering b/c consistent 40+mph winds are sufficient to knock me over and impair forward movement (at least from my measurements). did you avoid them by going around the southeast side of misery hill?... Thanks for any beta. David