June 13, 2015, Tatoosh Range
6/13/15
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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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.
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?
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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