Dawn on Mount Rainier Mount Rainier from Nisqually Nisqually Glacier Panorama Skier Fallen into Crevasse Looking into the Depths Crevasse Bridge A Leaning Serac Mt St Helens from Crevasse Help from Above Climbing Out of Crevasse Heading Home

The inside of a crevasse is a fascinating place, a cool contrast to the blazing sun up on the surface. The surrounding glacier creaks and groans ominously, evidence of its relentless downhill motion which creates the gaping crevasses. Looking uphill, a snow bridge crosses the crevasse in the left center of the photo. The horizontal strata visible in the crevasse wall each represent a year's snow accumulation, separated by a dark layer of dirt and dust from each summer. The uppermost layer is over 20 feet thick, the product of the snowiest winter here in over two decades (938 inches of snow fell at Paradise in 1996-97).