Reina Carrying Skis Skiing Past the Marching Ants Higher and Higher We Ski Almost to Camp Muir Camp Muir At Last! Volcanoes on the Horizon Rocky Pinnacle and Moon The Camp Muir Hut Preparing to Ski Down Skiing Down from Camp Muir Carving Below Rainier Skiing Towards Paradise

We put our skis on once again and set off up the Muir Snowfield. Visible hundreds of yards behind me are dozens of climbers, marching in antlike columns towards Camp Muir. Many of these groups would be heading for the summit of Rainier early the next day, while we planned a quick ski descent for that afternoon.