Vintage Tahoma

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Vintage Tahoma

View from Mount Rainier's Cathedral Gap, ALONG the DC route. Little Tahoma dominates the scene at 11,138 feet. "This spur ... has the shape of a triangle whose apex is formed by a huge pinnacle of rock, which as its bedding indicates, once formed part of the crest of (Mt. Rainier), but now stands isolated, a jagged peak rising 3,000ft above the glaciers at its foot." - I.C. Russell. In December 1963, MASSIVE rockslides on the north face, possibly caused by a volcanic steam vent, shed the debris of a weakened section of the face over 4 miles down the Emmons Glacier. Cushions of compressed air buoyed the debris, so that now masses of broken rock lie on the valley floor beyond the glacier's terminus. To the left, I can make out Goat Island Mountain and the White River; to the far right is the Cowlitz Chimneys, and beyond them are the THREE sparkles of the Tipsoo Lakes, near the summit of Chinook Pass. Taken in August 1984 - scanned from 35mm photo.
lcarreau
on Nov 22, 2007 3:42 pm
Lat/Lon: 46.85080°N / 121.65985°W
Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing
Image ID: 359091

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