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MUIR SNOWFIELD | MOUNT RAINIER | CASCADES (CENTRAL) | WASHINGTON | UNITED STATES
MUIR SNOWFIELD
Date Created: 10/20/2009
Last Updated: 10/20/2009
| Ranking: | Okay |
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| Skiable Vert: | 4700 ft |
| Climbing Vert: | 4700 ft |
| Top Elevation: | 10100 ft |
| Trailhead Elevation: | 5400 ft |
| Ascent Mileage: | 4.5 |
| AVG Ascent Time: | 4-5 hours |
| Ascent Type: | Bootpack, Skin, Easy Crampon/snow axe |
| Trees: | none |
| Slope Aspect: | Southwest |
| Steepest Section: | 15-25 Degrees |
| Slope Type: | Face |
| Exit: | Clean |
| First Descent: | |
| Nearest Town: | Paradise Lodge |
| AVG Snowfall: | |
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Seattleslider: November 1, 2011 Uphill: 3,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,400 ft.
2-4" fresh powder 6000-8000', an inch in the parking lot, and glistening ice above 9000'. Time for powder please....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: October 27, 2011 Uphill: 4,200 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Blue sky and calm winds. But yesterday winds blew off the fresh snow that fell Monday. Lots of icy patches not warm enough to soften. Also some chalky powder....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: October 25, 2011 Uphill: 6,300 ft. | Downhill: 6,300 ft.
Beautiful winter day! Cold, sunny, no wind. 2-3" fresh dry powder. Skied my age! 63 hundred feet....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: August 8, 2011 Uphill: 5,200 ft. | Downhill: 5,200 ft.
Two laps in Nisqually Chute and then a ski out to the car in the overnight lot, wow what an August. Above 8500' is too dusty from the rockfall in June. The chute was nice and smooth from sluffing at...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: August 6, 2011 Uphill: 3,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,200 ft.
Surprisingly minimal suncupping from Paradise to the Nisqually Chute. Two inches of slushy corn. Clear weather above the foggy clouds at 6800' and below....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 15, 2011 Uphill: 3,800 ft. | Downhill: 3,800 ft.
Nice short weather window to get out and ski 2-3" corn in Nisqually Chute. Many classic ski routes on the mountain still seem to be in great condition, lots of snow!...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 10, 2010 Uphill: 4,600 ft. | Downhill: 4,600 ft.
Once in a decade tour, calm weather all the way up to Camp Muir, 8" fresh powder, clouds to keep the snow pristine until we started skiing down. As good as it gets here in the PNW. ...[view]
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Seattleslider: October 14, 2010 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
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Seattleslider: September 22, 2010 Uphill: 2,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,600 ft.
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Seattleslider: September 13, 2010 Uphill: 2,900 ft. | Downhill: 2,900 ft.
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Seattleslider: September 2, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
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Powderjunky: September 10, 2009 Uphill: 4,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
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snowytorrents wrote on 05/20/10 at 8:26:16 pm pst:
The ATES rating for this route is listed as SIMPLE when in fact COMPLEX is the correct rating. Much of the terrain is above treeline, and therefore, primarily open. The standard route involves travel through avalanche terrain at Pan Point and there are no options to reduce exposure. This rating is not only patently wrong, it is also misleading and dangerous.CAC and Parks Canada have put a lot of work into ATES, including significant financial investments, and inaccurate ratings, such as the ratings provided on your web site, needlessly endanger people and harm the credibility of ATES.
Administrator wrote on 05/21/10 at 08:14:37 am pst:
Hey SnowyTorrents,Thanks for the feedback. As you probably know this portion of the site is User Generated and we rely on users like you to help keep the info accurate. We will call some local guides in the area and change the rating to what they say.
Thanks for the heads up and we encourage you to continue to help make this site more accurate.
Administrator wrote on 05/24/10 at 2:00:15 pm pst:
Route information has been updated, ATES rating has been changed from SIMPLE to COMPLEX, thanks snowytorrents!Sign Up for free or login to post comments.
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