Woohoo! What a great day to start the season! Headed to Paradise on Mt. Rainier with Greg Louie, Frank Neuman and Elissa Eng. It was snowing lightly as we geared up in the parking lot. We had just enough snow to put our skis on in the parking lot(5400ft.), and start heading towards Camp Muir elev. 10,800ft. About Pebble Creek(7,200ft) we started to break out of the cloud layer and pretty soon I was wearing a t-shirt as we skinned up the Muir snowfield in glorious sunshine, with Mt. Adams poking its head out of the cloud layer to the south of us. A group of 4 skiers had broken trail ahead of us, and provided an easy skintrack to follow all the way to Muir. We made good time to Muir and took a quick lunch break. We soon started to cool off in the crisp clear air, and it was time to start skiing! Whew, good turns. I think we were all in agreement that the turns below Camp Muir were about as good as we had experienced on Rainier. It was great day to hook up with friends and start the season with a bang. It's hard to not ski the Muir snowfield and not be blown away by the amazing views.
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Elissa, Frank, and Greg. Our destination, Camp Muir is on the shoulder of Rainier
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| Frank with Mt. Adams in the distance |
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| Frank at Muir |
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| Elissa leads the charge |
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| Greg |
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| Greg |
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| Frank cranking out the powder turns |
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| Kevin |
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| Whew! lot's of turns. |
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| Mt. Adams in the distance |
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| Greg |
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| Elissa |
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| Frank |
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| Greg |
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| Frank |
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