A nice winter paddle with plenty of weather changes that ended in sunshine. Photo credit: Terence Soh
A beautiful and fun trip for Tacoma MAC to test out our snow legs
A fun Explorers hike up Mt. Rose to the horse camp with a beautiful backdrop of snowflakes falling and 2-3 inches of new snow at the horse camp for lunch.
Overnight trip for Lovers Lane successful.
A full-value winter experience and a successful summit on a good day, with multiple other groups on the route.
We hit this one just right - cool, clear, no wind, and excellent snow for climbing. Kachess has a long ridge run through open forest and is well worth a try.
Fantastic day for this scenic and lonesome loop trip
We hiked a loop route that included the three summits , and great views . There was no rain.
Great snow conditions made for a great scramble, even if limited views.
A pretty trip in an accessible but surprisingly unfamiliar area of the Cascades.
A Mountain Workshop hike with Franklin-Pierce High School Adventure Club.
Tolmie State Park to southern end of McAllister Creek
Turned around due to deep powder and unprotectable snow.
It started out as a bluebird day and super warm. By the time we reached Camp Muir we noticed lowland clouds had settled in below us. We quickly ate and drank some food, added layers and transitioned to downhill mode, spending roughly 15-20 min total at Muir. The snow was super fun powder the entire way down. However, we encountered a severe whiteout around roughly 8-8.5k with only a few feet of visibility at times. A typical Rainier day (bluebird to whiteout). Thankfully, we had GPS tracks and were forced to leapfrog and navigate by gps until roughly 300 vertical ft above Paradise. Nothing alarming, just tedious. However, a GPS track was critical in our safe return. Note, that a lone snowshoer ended up being benighted near Panorama Point that evening and had SAR teams dispatched. It all ended well and just wanted to make note since it's relevant given that a seemingly beautiful day can turn quickly in the mountains. GPS or other solid navigation tools plus an extensive emergency plan is critical.
This was a great one-way tour of the southern sound with near perfect conditions of wind and tides.
Great Trip, good group and conditions.
An excellent winter scramble for conditioning, relatively close to home. Good chance to practice navigation as the route is not easily visible most of the way.