Spray Park, Flett Glacier, Mt. Rainier, Washington year-round backcountry skiing images The northwest side of Mt. Rainier National Park holds some excellent backcountry and telemark skiing terrain, nestled on a shoulder of Mt. Rainier between the Carbon Glacier and North Mowich Glacier. Extended telemark skiing tours with long backcountry skiing runs are a big attraction, in areas such as Spray Park, Seattle Park, Mist Park, Flett Glacier, and Russell Glacier. Access is always long, but north-facing glacial pockets and active glaciers create good summer backcountry and telemark skiing opportunities. These summer skiing images are from an overnight trip to this area in August, on the hottest days of the year. We backpacked in over Knapsack Pass, over the shoulder of Mt. Pleasant, across Spray Park, and up to first snow at the high point of the Spray Park trail, 6500 feet. A walled camp at around 7000 feet placed us at the foot of the central Flett Glacier, and good skiing on smooth summer snow was had on different parts of that glacier.   < Muir Snowfield Photos Snow Images Main Sunrise-Burroughs Mountain Photos > Click any of the photos to view the large version East of Knapsack Pass Hiking across Spray Park Snow ribbon leading to Flett Glacier Danny and headwall Summer skiing, Flett Glacier Danny and Spray Park Upper Flett Glacier Summer telemark skiing, with Cat-Eye Lake Lower Flett Glacier Mt. Rainier and Russell Glacier Red cinders Monolith Spray Park overview Dusty Willis Wall Summer skiing, cool lake Summer telemark skiing, Flett Glacier Mt. Rainier sunset Spray Park view Follow this link for more galleries from Mt. Rainier backcountry skiing trips. Follow this link for more galleries from August 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.