The Paradise to Camp Muir Hike - July 2000

Hiking up to Camp Muir and then coming down the snowfield.
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Table of Contents

     The Ascent
     Camp Muir
     The Descent

 

The Ascent

Liz decided she wanted to try the Camp Muir hike with a snowboard, so we rounded up a crew to make the attempt. This included a lot of Erics: Eric and Kathy from previous hikes (see Climbing Mt. Thorp - July 2000 ), Liz and her friends from work Eric and Marilyn, and Eric, Marie, and Peter who joined us at Muir.

The weather forecast for the 30th was always dubious, with chances of showers and heavy clouds. But the day turned out clear and hot.

I took surprisingly few pictures. But getting the camera in and out, particularly with a snowboard bungied to my backpack, was a huge pain.

Gearing up at the parking lot. Gearing up at the parking lot.

In the meadows above Paradise, Mt. Adams in the background. In the meadows above Paradise, Mt. Adams in the background.

Same location, looking ahead at Mt. Rainier. Same location, looking ahead at Mt. Rainier.

Myself at the point we ate lunch, just before the snowfields. Myself at the point we ate lunch, just before the snowfields.

I have more pictures of us at lunch, however they all seem to involve Eric and Kathy in various stages of undress, and I don't want to have my web account revoked for those sorts of pictures.

After lunch, we tackled the Muir Snowfield.

Eric, Kathy, and Liz climing up the snowfield, with Mt. Adams in the background (Mt. Hood is in the middle of the horizon, but hard to see). Eric, Kathy, and Liz climing up the snowfield, with Mt. Adams in the background (Mt. Hood is in the middle of the horizon, but hard to see).

Eric, Kathy and Liz again, now in front of Mt. St. Helens. Eric, Kathy and Liz again, now in front of Mt. St. Helens.

Still going... Still going...

 

Camp Muir

Finally, around 2:45, we reached Camp Muir, 10088 feet according to my GPS, but a little higher according to topographic maps.

Liz at Camp Muir, beef jerky in hand. Liz at Camp Muir, beef jerky in hand.

Eric and Kathy reach the camp. Eric and Kathy reach the camp.

My naptime view of Mt. Adams. My naptime view of Mt. Adams.

We ate and drank a bit, then fell asleep in the sun. I woke up to someone shouting my name. Eric, Marie and Peter had arrived.

Peter, Marie and Eric at Muir. Peter, Marie and Eric at Muir.

All of us (Peter, Kathy, Eric, myself, Liz, Eric, and Marie) at Muir. All of us (Peter, Kathy, Eric, myself, Liz, Eric, and Marie) at Muir.

Snowboards (and skis) at the ready position. Snowboards (and skis) at the ready position.

 

The Descent

I don't have many pictures of the descent, because a) I was snowboarding, and b) it's scenery we'd seen on the way up.

Liz boarding down Rainier. Liz boarding down Rainier.

Eric boarding down Rainier. Eric boarding down Rainier.

Finally! A picture of myself snowboarding. Thanks to Kathy for the photo.

Thomas boarding down Rainier. Thomas boarding down Rainier.