Trip
Basic Snowshoe - Paradise Area (winter)
Fun in the snow at Paradise. READ LEADER'S NOTES BEFORE REGISTERING
Contacts
Roseanne Lorenzana
Primary Leader
- Fri, Dec 15, 2023
- Foothills Snowshoeing Committee [INACTIVE]
- Snowshoeing
- Basic
- Adults
- Easy/Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 4.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,240 ft
- High Point Elevation: 6,300 ft
- Pace: 1.5 to 2.0 mph (avg, moving)
- 4 (7 capacity)
- Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 7:00 AM
- Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
- Our goal destinations are Nisqually Vista and Glacier Vista, conditions permitting (LINK to webcams)
- Sign up if your profile shows recent activities demonstrating 1.5-2mph pace at higher altitude (Please note: I check profiles)
- Leader permission is required. Sorry no students for this trip. Students, if registered, will be removed from the roster.
- If you have a completed badge for Basic or Intermediate Snowshoeing or Alpine Scrambling or Climbing, you may check the box "The leader of this trip has explicitly given me permission... " and register.
- Style of this trip:
- Low stress, but you must be adequately fit for this trip
- Have fun together in a snowy wonderland
- We will operate as interdependent, capable snowshoers making our way together and helping one another succeed and be safe.
- 9am with your vehicle in line at the Longmire gate, Mt Rainier National Park
- Weather forecast - from Mountain-Forecast.com, from NWS, from NWAC see West Slope South (Trip elevation: 5200' to 6200')
- Avalanche forecast - https://nwac.us/
- Rain or lack of new snow will cancel the trip.
- Hazardous avalanche, weather or road conditions will cancel trip
Route/Place
Paradise
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USGS Mt Rainier East
Green Trails Mt Rainier East No. 270
Green Trails Paradise No. 270S
Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Snowshoes
- Poles
Trip Reports