Ski Mountaineering on Mt. Rainier

Mt. Rainier is truly an amazing mountain to ski on.  With over 26 glaciers and 3500m descents possible on slopes ranging from 30 to 55 degrees its hard to find better terrain in the lower 48!  Here's some shots of skiing some descents around the mountain.

Aaron Mainier and I on Ptarmigan early in the morning before heading up to ski the Central Mowich Face

A view of the south side of Rainier with Kautz Headwall (L) and Thumb/Finger and Wilson Headwall on the right

Me dropping into the Thumb

Jesse Dudley approaching the Flats

Me up high in the Sunset Amphitheater Headwall Couloir

Up high on St. Andrews Rock above the Tahoma and Puyallup Glacier

Exiting the Sunset Amphitheater Headwall Couloir

Sunset Headwall Couloir Route in the fall

Seth heading up Gib Ledges

Seth and Tyler looking down the South Tahoma Headwall

The route down the Nisqually Ice Cliff

Me enjoying the Nisqually Ice Cliff Line

Tyler above the exposure on the Nisqually Ice Cliff

Me exiting Nisqually Ice Cliff

View of the South Tahoma Headwall line from the long walk out the West Side road

Eric Frank exiting the whiteout on the Muir Snowfield

The crux rappel on the South Tahoma Headwall descent

The view down the South Edmunds Headwall on the Mowich Face

A couple of links to some ski stuff on Rainier

http://unofficialnetworks.com/ski-mountaineering-mount-rainier-33426

/http://www.alpenglow.org/ski-history/topos/mt-rainier.html