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June 13, 2015, Tatoosh Range

6/13/15
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Posted by telemack on 6/14/15 10:14pm
Rusty Knees set up a trip that brought a conga-line of skiers up to the Pinnacle Glacier.  There was 290' of vertical but it was coverage typical of August.  It's impressive/sad how much meltout there has been in a month; on May 11 the Paradise Valley Road was covered and I skinned Mazama back bowl; all that is gone now. 
The MORA webcam of the Tatoosh shows the Pinnacle remnant well; the tarn is mostly frozen but not much snow around it.  The narrow section offered up rocks and one core shot.  I had a binding breakage on my first (only) run, but several folks had multiple laps. 
Paradise Glacier looks good if you hike to it.....
Response to replies below:  Plenty of wildflowers. Noticed 8-10 varieties along the maintained trail.
Any wildflowers? We usually go for the flowers in early August, but the way this year is going...sheesh.

Wildflowers are popping big-time at Paradise right now. I'd get out there!

Mack,
Glad you got some. Bummed I couldn't make it.
BTW, was that another NTN breakage?

author=kneel turner link=topic=34367.msg141860#msg141860 date=1434739983]
BTW, was that another NTN breakage?

YES  :(

author=telemack link=topic=34367.msg141866#msg141866 date=1434818738]
YES   :(


Fix your heal, fix the problem!  ::)

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