Moraine Park

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Moraine Park

Moraine Park

"I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see, The path that I have chosen now has lead me to a wall. And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost. It rises now before me, a dark and silent barrier between, All I am, and all that I would ever want to be..." (Kansas - 1976) The nearly 4,000-foot-high cirque on the north side of Mount Rainier, otherwise known as Willis Wall on June 20,1982 in Pierce County, Washington. "5,600-foot-high Moraine Park allows an impressive view of Rainier's upper Carbon Glacier. Avalanches of snow and ice appear to curl, and then roll down the nearly 4,000 -foot steep extent of Willis and Liberty Walls. The ROAR is punctuated by the bouncing of rocks. An awesome climbing route, to be attempted by experienced mountaineers, follows the slight rib between the two walls known as LIBERTY RIDGE. It's perhaps the most direct route on the north side to the summit. The oversteepened face of Willis Wall discharged a major rockfall in 1916. This rockfall may be responsible for much of the glacier's surface rock visible today. It's likely the insulating rock layer is in large part responsible for the glacier's remaining in equilibrium so far downvalley. (The 3,500-feet-altitude of the Carbon Glacier's terminus is the LOWEST of any glacier in the contiguous United States." - Carolyn L. Driedger (1986)
lcarreau
on Feb 20, 2008 5:28 pm
Lat/Lon: 46.97434°N / 121.82767°W
Image Type(s): Hiking,  Informational,  Scenery
Image ID: 382303

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