Tatoosh

My mother recently wrote to me asking about the Tatoosh range in Washington. It is a few miles to the south of Mt. Rainier, separated by a valley with waterfalls, lakes and the headwaters of the Nisqually and Paradise Rivers. The range has over a half dozen peaks, all around 6000ft. Pinnacle, Denman, Plummer, Lane, Eagle and Chutla peaks are the more prominent ones, and The Castle. All these pictures were taken looking south from Paradise. Mt Adams can be seen on the horizon in a few of the pictures.

I have seen it many times, but have only been there once. I hope to change that in the future. The Tatoosh range is in the background of many of the pictures, but should be easy to identify.

The next three pictures were taken on a training trip to the Nisqually Glacier in June 06.

This picture was taken on a Snowshoeing trip in December 05. It was a perfectly clear day, with crisp temperatures and nothing but a light breeze all day.

This picture was taken the next day on an attempt at reaching Camp Muir. It was still clear, but we had to face strong winds with a nasty wind chill before turning back. Mt Adams is on the horizon on the left, and Mt. St. Helens on the right.

These two were taken on the Muir Snowfield on my third attempt at Camp Muir, when I finally made it in June 06.

This is the only trip that I've actually made to the Tatoosh. The picture is of Me and Josh at the crest of the ridge near Chutla Peak. We thought it was Chutla peak, but we couldn't see much at the time.