Tuesday, May 09, 2023

May Updates

The Old Station in Paradise is now open for climbers to get permits on the weekends. In person registration is available Friday - Sundays from 0730-1700. If you are arriving Monday - Thursday, please use the self-registration at Old Station. On May 26th, the Paradise Wilderness Information Center will open for the season for permitting and registration from 0730-1700 seven days a week. 

Our staff were up at Camp Schurman and the Emmons Flats last week for some project work and checking on high camps. The upper mountain has a thinner snowpack than this time last year. Conditions this last week were spring like with sticky conditions in lower elevations and a mixture of breakable and supportable layers in higher elevations. For a comparison of the Emmons-Winthrop from last year, check out this blog post from June 1st 2022.

May 3rd 2023 Emmons-Winthrop Glacier from Camp Schurman

View of Little Tahoma from Camp Schurman

 

The road to the White River Campground is currently closed for plowing and is estimated to open around May 26th. The campground itself is estimated to be open for camping around June 23rd.

On the Muir side, independent climbing parties are starting to trickle in, and there have been reports of some guided parties summiting on the Ingraham Direct. We hope to see you visiting the park soon!