[TR] Mt Rainier- Emmons/Winthrop 8/5/2006

[Crevasse]

Climb: Mt Rainier-Emmons/Winthrop

 

Date of Climb: 8/5/2006

 

Trip Report:

Seven of us left the Whitewater Campground and made good time to Glacier Basin.

 

 

The mountain looked bigger than it did last year. We spent a fair amount of time at the basin with the local ranger as he seemed to have been abandoned as a child and needed to go over in great detail every aspect of our permit. A couple of us were shaken out of our sleep by a small earthquake in the middle of the night.

 

 

The five climbers ascended the Inter-Glacier in the morning.

 

 

 

Some crevasses are opening up above 7200 ft but nothing too serious. We made camp and rested for the evening. There was no rush and got a late start at 4am which would give us plenty of light to route find since the route was opening up quite a bit and had heard that the parties from the day before could not get around the berschrund. It was a beautiful sunny day and short of a stiff wind a perfect conditions.

 

 

 

There were about 12 sketchy crossings that are quickly melting out along the Emmons route. To avoid most of them we crossed to the Winthrop at about 12,500 ft and came back to the boot track at about 13,200ft. Only one other faint set of tracks were over on the Winthrop. We topped out and quickly headed down due to the wind. We followed the boot track down on the Emmons to make time. We camped at Glacier Basin and headed out in the morning.

 

 

Gear Notes:

Ropes, pickets, crampons, axe

[ryland_moore]

Great job guys! Sounds like a nice outing. No rushing it and get to enjoy the scenery. Question> You did not camp At Sherman, right? How was it getting down onto the Emmons from Camp Curtis? Or did you climb up and over the prow down into Sherman?

[Bug]

Good pics.

Thanks for posting.

[whidbey]

Damn... so much less snow since early july.... Thanx for the pic's.

[Crevasse]

We did camp at Schurman. The descent trail at Camp Curtis is marked with wands on the ridge at 9,200ft and was right at the 2nd campsite. You can see them in the fifth photo down. The trail is steep at the end but not too bad.