162-Inches of Snow Forecast for Mount Rainier, WA Next 3 Days Up to 162″ of snow (13.5-feet) is currently forecast to fall on 14,411-foot Mt. Rainer in Washington state in the next 3 days. That huge snowfall total is due to an atmospheric river that will be “slamming” into Washington this weekend. THE PRECIPITATION BULLSEYE OVER MOUNT RAINIER IS MORE THAN 20 INCHES IN 48 HOURS IN THE WETTEST MESOSCALE MODELS. […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 30, 2015 24 Comments
VIDEO: They’re Already Skiing on Mt. Rainier, WA Yep, they’re already skiing up on 14,411-foot Mt. Rainier in Washington state. This video shows a guy skiing down from Camp Muir (10,000-feet) to Paradise (5,400-feet) and the snow up top looks great.Oregon and Washington got hit hard with snow with some places getting […] SnowBrains | September 7, 2015 1 Comment
What It’s Like to Climb the Kautz Route on Mt. Rainier, WA The Kautz isn’t your standard mountaineering route. Especially on a low snow year like this. Early season the Kautz can be a walk up with snow covering the steepest part of the route. Sooner or later, this snow melts out and reveals the toughest part of the climb, the Ice Chute. When the chute is fully melted out, multiple pitches of alpine ice climbing are exposed and the Kautz becomes more difficult and more exciting to climb. Conditions Report Zeb Blais | August 5, 2015 0 Comments
Aerial Photos of 14,411-Foot Mount Rainier on June 6th, 2014 | by Matt Bansak Professional photographer and SnowBrains contributor Matt Bansak had a good flight on June 6th. His pilot decided to give 14,411-foot Mt. Rainier a fly by. The guy got close. Real close. Luckily, Matt had his camera on hand and was able to grab these great images. Rainier is a beast. A special beast. It’s tough to get a good look at her. You’re either too close or too far away. Matt was able to get in the sweet spot where you could see her just right. As you can tell from these photos, there’s certainly some good skiing left to be had up there. […] SnowBrains | June 17, 2014 0 Comments
Avalanche Likely Cause of Six Mount Rainier Climbing Deaths Last week, 2 guides and 4 clients perished while climbing Mt. Rainier’s challenging Liberty Ridge. Guides and clients dying together is one of the most devestatingly heartbreaking situation there is in the mountains. This week, what we all want to know is: How did this accident happen? Six people is a lot to die at once on a mountain. In a group dynamic like this, each guide would have most likely been roped to two clients. This means that they most […] Avalanche Miles Clark | June 4, 2014 0 Comments
Six Climbers Dead on Mt. Rainier After 3,000-Foot Fall | 2 Guides & 4 Clients Two guides from Alpine Ascents International and their four clients are missing on 14,411-foot Mt. Rainier in Washington State today. They reportedly fell 3,000 vertical feel down a steep rockfall on the challenging Liberty Ridge route. They were reported missing by Alpine Ascents International on Friday at 4:30pm. “There is no viable way they could have […] Miles Clark | May 31, 2014 0 Comments
Mount Rainier Speed Record Shattered on Skis Last Week For a long time, Argentine mountain guide Willie Benegas owned the Mt. Rainier speed record. It’s classically recorded from the Paradise parking (5,400 feet) lot to the summit (14,411 feet) and back via the Disappointment Cleaver route. Willie ran up and ran down after being acclimatized to the Himalaya and did it in 4 hours and 40 minutes, which is insane. […] Miles Clark | June 13, 2013 6 Comments
Mt. Rainier Conditions Report: 3 Days on Rainier & 21,000’ of Skiing | Photo Tour While the ski season is winding down for most folks this year, I decided to cram in a few last steep turns before packing my skis away for the months ahead. Tioga has been skiing great, but it’s days were numbered and the weather was for once telling me to go north and get some big mountain volcano skiing. After […] Zeb Blais | May 12, 2013 4 Comments
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