July 25, 1999 _ View of Rainier through Trees Bill Climbing the Muir Snowfield Bill and Dave at Camp Muir Bill Boarding beneath Rainier Bill Boarding below the Icefall Dave Carves a Turn below Rainier Dave Boarding the Waterfall April 8, 2000 _ View of Adams and St Helens Rainier from Glacier Vista Matt Climbing Muir Snowfield Amar and Matt at Camp Muir Matt Boarding Muir Snowfield Matt Carving a Turn Muir Snowfield Panorama December 3, 2000 _ Matt and Micah Skiing Up Adams with Lenticulars & Sun Dog The Circum-Zenithal Arc!!! Rainier Lenticular Clouds Panorama Adams with Sunset Glow Matt Boarding at Dusk Micah Skiing into the Sunset

Micah carves the last good turns of the day as the sun sets in the background. Below 7500 ft (2300 m), the snow condtions rapidly deteriorated into breakable crust, making any turn on skis treacherous. The snowboard fared only slightly better. Soon we were benighted, and skied (if you can call it that) the rest of the way by headlamp, extremely slowly. A couple of other parties shared our miserable fate, finally reaching the parking lot after 6 pm. We were greeted by a patient park ranger, waiting to close down the Paradise road for the night, who had seen our headlamps coming down and thus waited long after the normally scheduled closing hour.