Greetings fellow climbers!
Fall is in the air with a mixture of cooler temperatures and mountain snow. Over the past week our guides have reported new snow up high on the peaks of Mt Baker, Shuksan, and Mt Rainier. The long term forecast shows a cooler and more typically Cascade weather pattern with a mixture of sunny spells combined with intermittent storms. With the upcoming forecast, it is important that climbers are bringing all the proper equipment we note on our gear lists. If you have specific questions about gear please do not hesitate to reach out to one of our gear guru’s at [email protected].
Tahoma
On Mt Rainier, our team successfully summited yesterday on 9/10! This makes them the most recent of our successful September summit attempts. With just a few trips remaining, we have guide staff carefully maintaining the disappointment cleaver route. Over the week not much has changed on the upper mountain aside from the installation of another ladder. The route has a grand total of 5 ladders between high camp and the summit. Our last trip on Rainier will be making a summit attempt next week on 9/17. Thank you for following our summer Cascade blog and if you are interested in joining us on Mt Rainier next year we will be releasing our 2025 dates tomorrow (9/12) at 9am PT. Be sure to hop online and grab a spot – these dates go fast!
Happy climbing!
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