Abucks17 Posted March 26, 2010 Posted March 26, 2010 Just a quick question. Is it required to reserve a camping spot on Mt. Rainier on the Kautz glacier route or does everyone just need to have a climbing pass? Quote
DPS Posted March 26, 2010 Posted March 26, 2010 As I recall you need a wilderness camping permit or such to camp for any route on Rainier. You can pick those up day of the climb when you register. I believe each campling 'zone' has a limited number of permits available for any given night. If all of the permits have been taken for the zone you want then you will need to find another place to camp, perhaps for another route. Kautz is a fairly popular route so if you know the dates of your climb in adavance it is not a bad idea to reserver a camping permit in advance. I usually climb Rainier either early or late season, or winter, or do less popular routes so I have not had problems getting camping permits day of. I was burned once - it was on a weekday during the middle of the season and some less experienced friends from work and I were denied camping permits anywhere for the DC or Emmons routes. Quote
Abucks17 Posted March 26, 2010 Author Posted March 26, 2010 Thanks for the answer, that is kind of what i was thinking since we are going the first week of June. Guess i will reserve a spot, can't hurt right? Thanks for the reply. Quote
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