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Howard Peak & Florence Peak

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Winter Scramble - Howard Peak & Florence Peak

Seldom explored area of Mount Rainier in the winter. For fully vaccinated folks only please. This will potentially be a big day, this should not be your first trip with this kind of elevation gain and mileage mostly on snow shoes

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Dave Schultz
Dave Schultz
Primary Leader
  • Challenging
  • Mileage: 12.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 4,600 ft

TBD boots on ready to move at 7 am

I may move date to Fri, Sun or Mon depending on the weather and group availability. This will be a long day,  summit oriented trip, we may push our turn around time to put us back  on the boundary trail by dark, leaving a 3 mile decent  with a  off trail section at the end to get around the Carbon river road washout.   If the weather is poor we will try for the false summit of Florence Peak, if the weather is horrible  I will cancel with no alternative destination. 

Route/Place

Howard Peak & Florence Peak

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • The Ten Essentials
  • Helmet
  • Crampons 
  • Ice Axe
  • Mountaineering Boots
  • Shovel
  • Avy gear if you have it
  • Spare Headlamp or extra batt.
  • Snow shoes with aggressive teeth like MSR
  • Trekking poles highly recommended

Check with leader for any additional group gear or required equipment specific to trip location

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