View of Mt Rainier from Paradise A Sea of Clouds below Camp Muir Camp Muir Pinnacle Looking Up at Gibraltar Rock The Climbing Route to Cathedral Gap Dawn in the Summit Crater View Across the Summit Crater Liberty Cap from the Crater Rim Looking Down on Grand Park The Final Steps to the Summit Self-Portrait on the Summit View of St Helens from the Summit View of the Crater from the Summit Descending the Upper Ingraham Glacier Overhanging Serac Panorama of the Ingraham Glacier Traversing Below the Cleaver Crevasse on the Ingraham Glacier Camp Muir from Cathedral Gap The Three Summits of Mt Rainier

In order to get an early start, we began our climb on Friday evening after a fine dinner at the rustic Paradise Inn. We started up the trail in a light drizzle at 8 PM, hoping to break out above the clouds soon. Above Pebble Creek, near 8000 ft, we broke free into the moonlight. The snow was firm and bright enough to walk without headlamps. We made steady progress, reaching Muir by 1 AM and setting up camp. We slept in late the next morning, waking up at 10 AM to look down on the clouds still firmly entrenched below. Looking south (back towards Paradise) from below our tents, we see the Guide Service hut with Mounts Adams (center) and Hood (right) visible in the distance.