Mazamas — For the Love of Mountains
The Emmons Glacier Route on Rainier is the second most climbed route on the mountain, and may well be the least technical. It receives about 15% of the around 10,000 annual summit attempts. This is a long strenuous climb (10,000 vertical feet) and demands solid aerobic conditioning. The climb requires a climbing permit. See the NPS web site for the latest permit regulations.
Activity Notes
This climb has been pushed out to the 4th of july weekend. I had to cancel the earlier permits due to bad weather, and I will be trying to get walkup permits. I will send an email the day before if it is a go.
Excellent physical conditioning is a must - please update your page with details. It is extremely difficult to manage someone slow on a team, and that exposes everyone in the team to altitude effects
2 day climb of Emmons glacier - crevasse rescue and snow anchor skills are important, but not as important as good cardio
We will be camping on schurman
| Other Information | |
|---|---|
| Driving Distance from Portland | 180 miles |
| Driving Time from Portland | 4 hours |
| Expected Duration | Car to car in two or more days |
| Relevant Books | Climbers Guide to the Cascade Volcanoes by Jeff Smoot Cascade Alpine Guide: Columbia River to Stevens Pass by Fred Beckey Selected Climbs in the Cascades by Nelson and Potterfield |
| Relevant Maps | USGS 7 minute series, Sunrise and Mt. Rainier East <href="http: "="" adventure="" c463="" starts-here="" title="On the Mazama Climbing and Hiking map page " www.mazamas.org="" your="">On the Mazama Climbing and Hiking map page <href="http: maps.google.com="" maps?f="q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Mt.+Rainier&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.732051,93.164063&ie=UTF8&ll=46.849802,-121.757483&spn=0.017229,0.04549&t=p&z=15&iwloc=A"" title="Google map">Google map</href="http:></href="http:> |
| Awards Qualified | 16 Major NW Peaks |
| Useful Links | GPS Track GPS Coordinates Map |
