plaigar Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Trip: Little Tahoma - From paradise Date: 5/30/2009 Trip Report: Four of us climbed Little Tahoma from Paradise this past weekend. Day 1: First things first - stop for pancakes at Longmire Inn. Delicious as always. We proceeded to patiently claim our climbing permit at Longmire. Well at Paradise we joined the train of people going up to Muir. It was a beautiful day, so it was a bit chaotic there. We went up to just below Anvil rock (8500 ft), roped up, and proceeded to cross the Cowlitz glacier. No difficulties, but some scenic crevasses. The crossing over to the Ingraham glacier was easy (~8400ft). Now over on the Ingraham, we could spot our intended campsite on the far side. It was very hot, so we (or I at least) couldn't wait to sit down and lounge in the snow. We chose the campsite to be just below the notch where you cross over to the Whitman (Also ~8400ft). While the rest of us were lounging in camp, Misha proceeded to scout out the scramble over the notch. Turned out to be a reasonable, but unpleasant, choss scramble. Guess that later in the season this would become worse as the snow melts out further. Day 2: We woke up around 6 and started hiking at 7. The steps Misha had kicked up to the notch were very useful as the snow was firm and nice this morning. Over on the Whitman side, we stayed high on the left side. From camp it took us about 3 hours to the summit. Met up with a group on the summit that left just as we came up, as well as one other party with skis that came up just as we left. Snow was very slushy and soft on the way down, and we happily used snowshoes on the way down from camp. Overall I thought this was a great trip. No sign of other people after you leave the Muir snowfield (we were the only ones approaching Little T from the Paradise side). Very scenic glacier traverses and a neat camp location. Feathery cloud over anvil rock The Ingraham glacier. Camp at the far side. Crossing to the Whitman is at the highest snow finger. camp View from camp. going for the summit another cloud over anvil rock. Gear Notes: Snowshoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Great job! I still can't believe you did this trip with 4 hours sleep after Ingalls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCamKenny Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 BEAUTIFUL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musky333 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Great summit shot with the cleaver in the background!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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