View of Rainier from the Trail Map of Emmons Glacier Ski Route Skiing Up the River Valley Inter Glacier and the Summit Inter Glacier and White River Valley View across the Inter Glacier Emmons Glacier Panorama Traverse down to Emmons Glacier Camp Schurman Hustle and Bustle Last Rays on the Summit A Fox Invades the Camp Dawn and Crescent Moon Climbing the Emmons Corridor A Serac Ready to Fall... Climbing the Upper Emmons Glacier Seracs at the Bergschrund Traverse Below the Bergschrund Bergschrund Crossing Panorama Final Steps to the Crater Rim Rainier Summit Photo Panoramic View South from Summit Panorama of the Main Crater Skiing Down the Upper Winthrop Glacier Skiing Below Seracs on the Emmons Last Light on the Seracs Skiing Past Little Tahoma Descent of the Emmons Corridor Camp Schurman in the Morning Skiing the Lower Emmons Glacier Traverse Back to the Inter Glacier A Fine View from the Inter Glacier Skiing Down the Inter Glacier Skiing Down the Inter Glacier 2 Skiing Through Glacier Basin The Summit and the White River View of Rainier from Sunrise Zoomed View of the Climbing Route Zoomed View of Rainier from Sunrise

This map shows our climbing and skiing route, with color coding corresponding to our mode of travel (scale shown in miles). Red sections were hiked on foot both ways, while blue portions between 5600 feet and Camp Schurman at 9460 feet were skied on both ascent and descent. The purple section above Schurman was climbed on foot with crampons, but descended on skis. We planned to reach Camp Schurman the first day, then leave early for the summit on the second day and ski back down to camp by evening. The final ski and hike out from the camp to the trailhead was planned for the morning of the third day.

(Map created with TOPO! ©1999 Wildflower Productions, www.topo.com)