tvashtarkatena Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Trip: Little Tahoma - Date: 5/6/2008 Trip Report: Little Tahoma, May 5, 6 2008 What to do when you have one good day followed by bad forecasted, and two days planned? Ivan, Fred Barcola and I headed for Little Tahoma, hoping the forecast was overstated. Rock on wicha own bad self. Muir Snowfield. Serac, Ingraham Glacier That evening a lenticular began nesting on Rainier. It settled in, spread, and eventually swallowed our tiny camp on the Ingraham Glacier. Rainier, enshrouded. From camp. The following morning was clear and calm. The snow was hard. Conditions were perfect. We summited just past 9 am. Downclimbing from the summit Summit cheese. Mt. Adams in the distance. Descending Cowlitz Glacier The Muir was slushy corn, which made for a fast descent…for the two of us on skis, anyway. Gear Notes: The crevasses are opening up big time. Approach Notes: Pass through 2 8400' cols from the Muir Snowfield to get across the Cowlitz and Ingraham Glaciers. There is a flat area on the Ingraham. Climb over a 8600' col to gain the next glacier which leads to the Little Tahoma summit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamczak Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merganzer Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) Nice, way to catch the weather window! How long did it take to get to camp on the 5th and how long was your day on the 6th? Edited May 7, 2008 by merganzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 From rough memory: 5+ hours to camp. I think we started at around 6:30-7:00 am, but I didn't mark the time. Perhaps one of my partners knows. We were down in the parking lot by 2:30 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Ivan.....how do you get away so much with a child at home? What is your trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Beautiful, Tvash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Ivan.....how do you get away so much with a child at home? What is your trick? i had myself cloned - my other self is much more likable too regarding hte question on time, it took a little over 5 hours to get to camp, 3 hours from camp to summit in essentially perfect cramponing conditions, and a little over 2 hrs to get back to paradise and in time to give the kids a bath and fall asleep w/ the wife while watchign "reaper!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 note the size of the pack - now that is a proper rainier sized pack people! i feel as if i should be handing out cyanide pills to all those poor bastards hauling up 70 pounds of titanium sporks to muir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 you guys have done a little tour in washington over the past of dasy. good to see. excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirwoofalot Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) note the size of the pack - now that is a proper rainier sized pack people! i feel as if i should be handing out cyanide pills to all those poor bastards hauling up 70 pounds of titanium sporks to muir! For some reason I can not see your pics. Did you get some photographs of the Ingram flats, the Ingram direct, and the cleaver routes? I remember someone posted a TR of Little Tahoma last year in August and it had some great shots of groups trying to find their way through motes, and crevasses that are the maze on Rainier in the late season after a smaller than average snow pack. It would be really cool if someone knows about that TR and can make a side by side comparison. Edited May 7, 2008 by sirwoofalot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 This is the best (only) shot we got of those routes, taken from the summit of Little Tahoma? (I didn't shoot it). Our camp on the Ingraham is the speck in the lower center. The evening before the mountain was enshrouded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 good job guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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