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May 8 and 9, 2013, Summit to Bridge via Finger

5/8/13
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Posted by FreeBird on 5/13/13 12:20am
First summit of Rainier for Tara and I :D

Skied off the Summit around 11:00 with icy conditions up top, smooth corn in the finger, and mush from camp to the bridge.

Huge thanks to our friends who made this possible!

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Incredible day. The FF is in perfect shape right now with little crevasse danger (at least on the upper mountain) allowing for a direct route. The Wilson glacier approach had quite a few snow bridges that were getting soft and a little questionable. Comfortable summit temps made for a leasurly summit stay.

Nice work you guys! Not a bad way to stand on top for the first time... knowing you don't have to walk down!

Nice! I gotta take my skis up there.

So guys, what exactly is the boot of choice up there?  ;)

So cool. Looked like lots of fun to ski. Whenever I see these great ski pictures, however, I clearly remember the slow agony of the long walk down.

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So guys, what exactly is the boot of choice up there?  ;)


2 People on the left don't fit in. Please tell me they weren't in your group! Grats on a summit and ski. I'm looking to do my first ski down soon, any conditions reports on the upper mountain with cracks opening to the Furher?

So Jealous. We were up on the mountain from the 8th to the 10th, being our first time attempting to summit, we opted to try to summit via Ingraham Direct / DC, which turned out to be a poor choice. Rotten snow and high rock/ice fall danger turned us around at ~12000'.

We enjoyed seeing your turns down and I am glad that at least a few people made it to the summit during the nice weather last week! :)

Obviously the two on the left were not in the group. The photographer was also a member of team tlt5 p. Go Team!!!

Great trip, great group(s), in stunning August feeling weather.
I uploaded images <-click to link

Was the warmest I've been up there. 

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Great trip, great group(s), in stunning August feeling weather.
I uploaded images <-click to link

Was the warmest I've been up there. 


Awesome pictures Franklin!
Thank You!

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