Mt. Rainier: The Winter Seminar Trains at Camp Muir in Between Winter Storms
Posted by: JJ Justman, Billy Nugent
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,000'
The first Expedition Skill Seminar - Winter gathered in Ashford on Sunday for a day of technical training and gear checks. With large packs and a daunting weather forecast the team headed for Paradise as soon as the park gate opened. The team camped above Paradise for their first night out with better than expected weather. After breakfast the following morning the team broke camp and made the ascent to Camp Muir. They have spent the remaining days training at 10,000'. Unfortunately the weather forecast did become accurate and the team experienced a full winter storm on Mt. Rainier which prevented them from climbing higher than Camp Muir.
The seminar wraps up tomorrow. We look forward to seeing them at Rainier BaseCamp tomorrow afternoon.
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I’m sure the storm was pretty wild because the wind was whipping in Royal City and the pass was getting pretty heavy snow! So the other day I went flying around the mountain to see how much snow she got. She was getting getting wind whipped pretty had and has a pretty good pack. Let me know if you want to see pictures!
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