Which way we goin' again?

A combination of rain and warmer temperatures early in the week allowed for snow consolidation from Paradise to Muir. This should make for more efficient travel in mountaineering boots. There has been some lighter snow more recently, with temps at Paradise warming up to the mid 30s. It has remained freezing up at Muir.

Although things change quickly on the upper mountain, it appears that over the past few days climbers out of Muir have started to favor the Disappointment Cleaver route versus Ingraham Direct, where a few larger crevasses have opened up around 12,000 feet.

Here's the full report on the Ingraham Direct route: http://mountrainierconditions.blogspot.com/2012/04/ingraham-direct-2012.html

And the Disapointment Cleaver route:
http://mountrainierconditions.blogspot.com/2012/04/disappointment-cleaver-2012.html

-Patrick