Eric_taylor Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Has anyone reached the summit of Rainier in last few days? Or does anyone have any reports? The weather was so great! I bet the Ingraham Direct route was excellent. Also, can people get up to Muir without snow shoes? I tried calling Mt. Rainier services, but they just have an answering service right now. I am going the next time the weather is excellent like we just had. I did see the report by glennm about the ledges. Excellent report. [ 04-05-2002: Message edited by: Eric taylor ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zee Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 we skied up to Muir yesterday and it was amazing. There was only one person trying to summit and there had been 8-10 who had tried to summit since Sunday. We skied a 40 degree chute down onto the Nisqually- conditions were pretty stable. If anyone is interested in trying to summit the next good weather window let me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_taylor Posted April 6, 2002 Author Share Posted April 6, 2002 Thanks for the info. Zee. Can someone get up to muir without skies or snowshoes right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_harpell Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 hey i might be down hittin it up when the next weather window breaks.....write me at climbingmonk@hotmail.com if you are still interested.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 I'm just sitting at my desk and speculating, but I would think that, with ONLY a foot of new snow over a week and lots of wind, the south-facing slopes up to Muir should be reasopnablky firm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Larson Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 The weather reports that I have been seeing say good fri/ sat any opinions or am I just dreaming...(gib ledges) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 I heard it was supposed to clear up for 3 days. But, when was the last time a weather report was right around here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine_Tom Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 Update -- I called down there today (Longmire) and the guy I spoke with said that there's been a foot of new snow at paradise the last week, so travel up to Muir w/o snowshoes or skiis would be pretty difficult. No information about the upper mountain; the chief climbing ranger, Steve Winslow, is out this week, and Mike G. isn't around either. The gate at Longmire is unlocked around 9:00 am, and is locked to uphill traffic by 6:30 PM, and to downhill traffic around 8:00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrefranklin Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 Weather forecast looks pretty decent for the weekend. I think we'll be making a go of Gib tomorrow. I believe there are still no limit restrictions at Muir until June 1st. Can anyone else confirm that? I think we just self-register at Paradise and truck on up. Good lord am I gettin' excited... Climbing season here we come. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/getproduct.pl?SEASEARECSEA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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