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| Featured Trip: Camp Muir Skiing |
| Author | jack jaSko |
| Date | November 06, 2011 |
| Report |
This was promising hike, because weather and new snow...but?
Hit the road from south Seattle at 6am and got there to Longmire at 8am.Gate was closed because snow/ice plowing. Sign was posted on the gate "open at 8am".
There were two parties on Longmire parking doing preparation ready for hike from Paradise parking. I did same, used time to check my gear. Gate open at 8:15am,I was thinking -nice. I have time. Road was somewhere ice, but no problem to drive to parking.
Started at 9am immediately on snow on the trail...I was thinking "this is better" last time was ice on the trail .Everyone was with skies and skins. So I put my on after Pueblo Creek and keep on all way up.
Around 8600 feet elevation, one cloud sitting on left side of Muir Snowfield, was bothering me. Only few people were at front and no one yet behind me. On that elevation decide to put skies on and make one run to Pueblo Creek or so, then go back again. Idea was use nice weather now...
After this "nice" run, hiked up all way to 9900 feet then cloud cover all Muir Snowfield. Founded two on Muir then hardly follow them down or they follow me?
I was loosing them and finding again then again. Ski down to 6500 feet, was boring same like now if I keep writing.
On the end I got to parking at 4pm...Guess what... sun was there and all way down to Tacoma.
Mt Rainer again created OWN weather, this time for no good.
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