Sunrise - Grand Park - Burroughs Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington backcountry skiing and ski touring photos On the northeast side of Mount Rainier, between the Emmons Glacier and Winthrop Glacier, is perhaps the most extensive backcountry skiing terrain on The Mountain, with miles and miles of spectacular ski touring terrain as well as moderate to steep backcountry skiing runs. Sunrise, Dege Peak, Sourdough Ridge, Berkeley Park, Mount Fremont, Granite Creek Park, Burroughs Mountain, and Grand Park are some of the interconnected areas on this shoulder of Mount Rainier. Access from the highest road in Mount Rainier National Park, to Sunrise at 6400 ft., usually begins in early July, but much of the good backcountry ski touring melts out before then, leaving the steeper north facing ski runs which benefit from very easy access. Map readers can discover other access points for earlier spring skiing trips, both from the Sunrise area and from Grand Park to the north. This earlier access is often accomplished best using waxless, fishscale, metal-edged skis, which allow for uphill skiing without the use of climbing skins or grip wax, give good glide for covering ground in flatter areas, and perform well descending slopes using telemark turns. The images in the photo gallery below are from backcountry skiing trips to the northeast side of Mount Rainier in June and July. < Spray Park-Flett Glacier Photos Snow Images Main Goat Rocks Photos > Click any of the photos to view the large version Backcountry skiing in Sunrise meadows Saddle between 1st and 2nd Burroughs Mountain Mt. Rainier over 3rd Burroughs Mountain Preparing for skiing, 2nd Burroughs Mountain Ski touring to 3rd Burroughs Mountain Telemark skiing on 3rd Burroughs Mountain Backcountry skiing in fresh June snow Telemark skiing into Berkeley Park View from Grand Park, with Little Tahoma Mt. Rainier from top of 3rd Burroughs Mountain Mt. Rainier and 3rd Burroughs tracks Steep backcountry skiing near Sunrise Randonee skiing, Sourdough Chutes Burroughs Mountain backcountry skiing Steep chute into Berkeley Park Backcountry skiing on nice corn snow Happy! Sunset from Sunrise on Mt. Rainier Panorama of the northeast side of Mt. Rainier from Grand Park, with labels  (3777 x 456) Follow this link for more galleries from Mt. Rainier backcountry skiing trips. Follow this link for more galleries from June backcountry skiing trips. Follow this link for more galleries from July backcountry skiing trips. Follow this link for Mt. Rainier panoramas. Photos ©2008 Turns All Year LLC, www.turns-all-year.com   Please read the full copyright details. To contact turns-all-year.com, use this link.