sgraepel Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Trip: Rainier - High Orbit; april 2015 Date: 4/21/2015 Trip Report: I posted an April trip on Rainier's High Orbit on Gear Junkie. You can read it here: http://gearjunkie.com/high-orbit-gear-junkie-tackles-rainiers-hidden-route This was fairly non-tech report but shoot me a line if you want more beta. Gear Notes: Standard skimo kit. Approach Notes: Wednesday. Skied from the Paradise lot to Camp Muir Thursday. Side-stepped for nine hours down Emmons to Camp Schurman Friday. Skied across the Carbon and Russell glaciers to Observation Point Saturday. Down-climbed Ptarmigan Ridge via RMI route, then skied the Puyallup Sunday. Icy ski up Puyallup, down climbed to the S. Tahoma, camped on Van Trumps Monday. High-tailed it down the Wilson and to the parking lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumpetsailor Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 A great read. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeh Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Very cool - I just ran into a guy/girl on the Wilson yesterday who were just finishing a similar traverse. Amazing - I didn't know people actually did this. They said the most difficult part was getting off the Puyallup Cleaver onto the Tahoma Glacier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgraepel Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 I believe it - we simply couldn't see what was below Ptarmigan through the mist. Puyallup was super icy, though and the the normal route off at 9700 is probably now no longer (corniced up top, completely rotted out at the base). You have to climb past 10,000 and then scurry down a shit chute rolling out into crevasses. Or drop way below 7,000 and pot around at nearly tree-level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgraepel Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Thank you--I appreciate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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