First time climber and Rainier weather
Took a last minute trip to Seattle June 14-17 and couldn't pass up time on Rainier, so I decided to take my daughter (age 9) on a training climb up to Camp Muir. As it usually turns out on my Cascade climbs, it rained the whole time. We started out from Paradise at about 7:00 a.m. and headed up Nisqually Vista trail. It was drizzling rain and the trail from the parking lot on, was snow covered. After my daughter practiced some basic walking and self arrest skills we headed up the mountain. The trail was wanded up to the lower part of the Muir snowfield. The higher we got the thicker the fog got and the harder the wind blew. With about 30 ft visibility and a 30 mph wind I turned her around at 8,500 ft. Not many views, but she did get some hands on compass training.
the weather is still clear
starting to fog up
decision time
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