bcollins Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Climb: Mt. Rainier-Fuhrer Finger Date of Climb: 6/24/2005 Trip Report: Group of 3 of us left for FF friday around 2:30, at bivi on Wapowety Cleaver by 7:30. Left at 2:30 am, napped at around 13k and waited for the temps to drop, then slogged up to the summit in time for sunset. (sat. night) Had an awesome bivi in the crater, stars out and temps dropping low. Running out of fuel, food, and the hords of tourists pouring over the rim prompted us to head down. Rim-Muir in 3 hrs, then 1:45 down to the car. The route was in prime shape with no serious obstacles. We experienced only minor ice/rockfall. ID is still in reasonable shape. I'm not familiar with the DC route but it sure looks nasty at the bottom, the edge of the snowfield is melted out with a 20-30 ft. moat visible........is this normal? Overall excellent weather and the summit bivi was a nice bonus, go light and try it in good weather. Gear Notes: 2 pickets, rope, balls Approach Notes: Nisqually glacier is good. Nisqually fan (hourglass) on other side is totally melted out but very doable, just loose rubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 thanks for the tr. good to know this route is still in prime condition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Nice work, Barry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldHouseMan Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Did it look like the FF have consistant snow all the way down for skiing? Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcollins Posted July 13, 2005 Author Share Posted July 13, 2005 Sorry for the late post and resulting worthless beta, but yes back when we were on the Finger it was consistent and very skiable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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