Glacier Vista Snowshoe — Monday, Feb. 13, 2017

Mount Rainier Area > SW - Longmire/Paradise

Spectacular sunny day for Esther of World Vision Tanzania - her first experience with snow! I've included 3min of video highlights below.. ROAD: amazingly dry & ice free all the way to Paradise SNOW CONDITIONS: wet avalanche moderate danger on Panorama Point(and we did see telltale pinwheels coming down it), but Glacier Vista is an avalanche free route Maybe a dozen others out today on the route, but we had the overlook to ourselves while there. Wind was gusting above treeline but the warmer temperatures today made it OK. TIP: if you come back from the end of the route along the valley's edge, there is a safe set of rocks to sit on near the edge that give a little wind protection.