Snowshoe Hikes Near Mount Rainier

Was originally going to head towards Henskin Lake, but thunderstorms started and I didn't want to get caught in the rain. I also got a bit lost in the maze of trails that are the Crystal Mountain Snow...

This was a cloudy and windy day on Rainier. I did most of my trek up the snowfield in low visibility, relying on the rocks to my right and descending climbers to stay oriented toward Muir. The snow st...

We hiked rainier and descended past muir around 9am. Near the bottom, the snow conditions today were very soft, mushy, and you will post hole frequently. Up higher, there was a hard crust that you occ...

This is good early season snow hike, accessible from Crystal Mountain Road while 410 into park is still closed.Parking - small area right off 410, then walk on gated road a few hundred feet to TH.Trai...

The snow level had markedly receded.  It was 34F at the trailhead, so snow was firm enough for microspikes, but snowshoes and ice axe were superfluous.Fairly continuous snow at 5800', and on most of t...

Snow was solid the whole way to camp muir and the hike was fine without snowshoes or skins. I had no issues with post holing or sinking in on the way up. in the afternoon it was softer, but you could ...