A sunny July walk up to a climber’s camp at 10,000 feet on Mt. Rainier’s southeast flank.
July 2016
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Dew drenched avalanche lilies below the cloud deck.
The mountain gradually came into clear view as we climbed
The trail chopped into a persistent snow bank – about 7000 feet.
Mt. Adams to the south
Mt St. Helens to the southwest
Distant Mt. Hood
Gibraltar rock
50-foot icicles
Camp Muir
The not-so-permanent part of the camp
Cowlitz Glacier and the eastern horizon.
Nisqually Glacier
Mt Adams and a partially exposed foreground
Goat Rocks
Shooting the shoot.
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Dave Gangadean, to be specific.