Cascade VolcanoesEmmons-Winthrop Glacier Climber's Log
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| flomulgator | Route in great shape  Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010 | |
| Approach is melted out to approximately above Glacier Basin. Emmons is very straightforward with only a couple minor crevass crossings that won't get much worse for at least a little while. Upper route splits in two, one direct over the bergschrund, the other traversing more gently around to the saddle of Liberty Cap. Epic 1,400' glissade track below 12,000', and again for the entire length of the Interglacier. Many skiers report upper mountain a bit too firm to be fun on top, good enough in the middle, perfect on Interglacier. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2010 2:00 pm | ||
| mekwise | Great Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009 | |
| climb and trip with great friends... | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2009 4:16 pm | ||
| rasgoat | Gorgeous Route! Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Just a beautiful area, made it to 11,450 | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 10:46 am | ||
| Hotoven | Great hike Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2009 | |
| Super fun! A lot of soft snow, but all the more of a work out! | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 2:13 pm | ||
| Titanium | Successful Summit- Emmons Route Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2009 | |
| High winds pounded us from the Interglacier to Camp Schurman, but a late summit bid (4:30 AM start) was the winning ticket. Summit day was clear and calm- as was the descent. 7.5 hours to Columbia Crest- and amazing views from the top. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2009 4:33 pm | ||
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| Augie Medina | Re: Successful Summit- Emmons Route | |
| One day made all the difference. The previous day, July 13, we had gotten shut down on this route. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2009 12:39 pm | ||
| Augie Medina | Fierce Weather Wins Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2009 | |
| Weather got increasingly worse after we left Camp Shurman. One of our two rope teams made it to 13,000 feet but then it was turn around or else.... | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2009 1:06 am | ||
| Darren9 | Emmons is the one Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2005 | |
| My first Rainier climb and a lot of fun. In August, the Inter Glacier was the most exciting with lots of bare ice and rockfall - felt like dodgeball. Finding our way to Camp Schurman was also a little tricky, there are many ways to get there but all involve scrambling loose rocks or skirting big crevasses. There was water at Camp Schurman and no winds for us. The route itself above Camp Schurman was "well traveled" and felt more straightforward and safer. The bergschrund was absolutely monstrous but doable by skirting to the north. All in all a great way to get up Rainier and not have to take the DC. | |
| Posted May 18, 2009 1:54 am | ||
| lneher | 2nd time's a charm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2008 | |
| After getting turned around by weather at 12,000' last year, it was a thrill to get to the summit this season! | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2008 12:43 am | ||
| Jer | Made it! Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2008 | |
| Climbed with 3 but only 2 of us summited. Great weekend for weather, and what a great route! Schurman was a great camp as well. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2008 2:54 pm | ||
| SkydiveKen | Emmons Winthrop Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008 | |
| First glacier climb without a guide! Followed the deep boot track in the dark. Very crowded at camp Schurman. The glacier was very open and the route wandered quite a bit. The bridges are melting out and had to traverse around the burgshurnd on the right to the Liberty Cap saddle. Pictures are here.  by skydiveken | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2008 12:46 am | ||
| Casey Bates | Thunderstorms! Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008 | |
| Route in great shape overall with many crevasses quickly opening up due to the warm weather and heavy rains during recent thunderstorms. We hunkered down in our tents after returning to Emmons Flats because of some wonderful thunderstorms. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2008 10:13 am | ||
| Rob Ricks | Late Season Effort Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2004 | |
| Led a three-person climb in late August. The hike through Glacier Basin is much more interesting than Muir Snowfield. Lots of crevasses ensured a great deal of route finding. Punched through a few snowbridges. Weather turned us around at 13,000. Really foul descent with lots of rain loosened rockfall on the IG. Thoroughly soaked by the time we arrived back at White River Campground. Learned a lot of lessons on this one. | |
| Posted May 10, 2008 12:27 pm | ||
| Seth Maciejowski | Emmons | |
| A good route. Not really any technical difficulties, but some massive crevasses to run around and a few hairy snow bridges. Awesome views the whole way and Camp Schurman is substantially nicer than Camp Muir in my opinion. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2008 10:48 pm | ||
| Aaron Dyer | 2nd time was way better Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006 | |
| Succeeded both times, but about 4 times faster the second time. | |
| Posted Feb 12, 2008 2:03 pm | ||
| Shirley Lam | Second time... Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| and it felt like a completely different climb because of the conditions of the glacier. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2008 10:34 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Done... Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2007 | |
| Summited via this route twice. Last time was in early fall so the crevasses where very visible. | |
| Posted Jan 8, 2008 10:53 am | ||
| Shirley Lam | 2's a charm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2005 | |
| Couldn't have asked for better weather conditions! | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2007 3:23 pm | ||
| William Marler | Fine long day Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007 | |
| Great day but tiring. Weather cooperated except for the windy summit. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2007 12:34 am | ||
| alpinerack | Emmons Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2000 | |
| Very long route! snowboard descent, the ride down kind of sucked but the ride down the prow was great! | |
| Posted May 10, 2007 2:39 am | ||
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