Friday the 13th of August brought us up to Mt. Rainier for a novelty ski on the Paradise Glacier. Got a late start from the Paradise parking lot and made our way to Pebble Creek and had the skins on the snow shortly there after. Crossed over the lower Muir field…
and carried the skis up and over Little Africa giving us our first look at Paradise Glacier. Took a wide birth as soon as we were on the glacier to get a good look over the “Bowling Ball” to confirm a good ski all the way down to the Paradise/Skyline trail junction. Continued up to just below the Anvil took a lunch and was surprised to squeeze 3,000 ft. out of our perfect August corn. Put our tennies on as the Sun was dropping an some goats checked us out from a rock ridge. Pulled the lamps out, started our 2 mile walk back to the car finishing w/ a few meteors shooting across the sky.
The lucky part of our Friday the 13th trip is how we were a few minutes before a 4-5 foot in diameter fir tree smashed across the highway just before Cayuse Pass. With in 15 minutes w/ had 8-10 people there all working together to clear the road of all debris.
Live to Ski Another Day Snow Troopers!
TNT
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