As can be expected after weeks of warm temperatures, the
mountain is in late season condition. Rockfall has been commonplace at all
times of day and night. Gaping bergschrunds and heavily crevassed glaciers pose
navigational and approach challenges on nearly all of the non-standard climbing
routes.
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| View from the lower slopes of Ptarmigan Ridge. |
Recent patrols on the north and west sides of the mountain
have shown that most routes on these aspects are out of condition for the season. Particularly, attempts
on the Tahoma Glacier, Sunset Ridge, Ptarmigan Ridge, and Liberty Ridge should
wait until next year.
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| Liberty Cap, Point Success, and the Tahoma Glacier. |
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| Looking down the Tahoma Glacier. Puyallup Cleaver is on the right. |
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