Mount Rainier Massif Archives - Trip Reports by Jim Brisbine

A mountainous sub-region within the Southern Washington Cascades, bounded by Poch Creek, Carbon River, Prospector Creek, Sunrise Creek, White River, Cayuse Pass, Ohanapecosh River, Stevens Creek, Reflection Lakes, Nisqually River, Copper Creek, and Deer Creek. In addition to Mt. Rainier itself, notable landforms include Mother Mountain, Observation Rock, Sluiskin Mountain, Burroughs Mountain, Little Tahoma Peak, Goat Island Mountain, Cowlitz Divide, Pyramid Peak, and Mt. Wow.

Mount Rainier Massif

Echo Rock via Spray Park—Flett Glacier—Southwest Face (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Tamanos Mtn via Owyhigh Lakes—Southeast Slope—South Ridge (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Mt Rainier via Nisqually Glacier—Wilson Glacier—Kautz Glacier (Southern Cascades, WA)

Mazama Ridge Ski Tour via Sluiskin Falls (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Muir Snowfield Ski Ascent & Descent via Panorama Point + Camp Muir (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Tolmie Peak Snowshoe Climb via Mowich Lake—Eunice Lake (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Mt Ruth + Glacier Basin Loop: Inter Fork to Emmons Glacier Moraine (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Mt Rainier via Burroughs Mtn—Inter Glacier—Emmons Glacier (Southern Cascades, WA)

Paradise Glacier Ski Ascent & Descent via Golden Gate (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Middle Cowlitz Chimney via Panhandle Gap—Banshee Peak—West Slope (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Hessong Rock via Southeast Face + Spray Park Trail Loop (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Burroughs Mtn Trail Loop + Third Burroughs Mtn + Shadow Lake (Mount Rainier Massif, WA)

Ashley Gorge Via Ferrata Climbs: The Outlaw + Abduction + The Pump + The Soup + Toothy Grin (Uinta Range, UT)

Guye Peak: North Summit + Middle Summit + South Summit via Alpental Valley / Commonwealth Valley (Snoqualmie Range, WA)

McAlester–Rainbow Loop via McAlester Pass—Rainbow Creek—Rainbow Pass—Bridge Creek + McAlester Mtn (North Stehekin Mountains, WA)

Hoodoo Pass Loop via Eagle Lakes—Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle—Crater Lake + Mt Bigelow + Crater Peak (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

Amabilis Mtn Bike Loop via Amabilis Beacon + Amabilis Peak (Keechelus Mountains, WA)

Three Fingers Mtn: South Peak / Lookout Via Meadow Mtn—Goat Flats—Tin Can Gap—Southwest Side (West Sauk Mountains, WA)

Defiance Trail Traverse: Thompson Pass to Hemlock Pass via Mason Pass—Pratt Pass + Mt Defiance (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

LaCrosse Pass Loop via Enchanted Valley—O’Neil Pass—Duckabush River—Dosewallips River—Anderson Pass (Olympic Mountains, WA)

Granite Mtn via Hyas Lake—Tuck Lake—Robin Lakes—Northwest Ridge (Upper Icicle Mountains, WA)

Glacier Basin Climbing Reconn: Monte Cristo Peak attempt + Cadet Peak attempt (Monte Cristo Mountains, WA)