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Observation Rock climb (Photo # 6)

            July 17, 1994 Mt. Rainier National Park

The rugged upper slope of the north northwest face of Mt. Rainier taken from the summit of Observation Rock. I will name off some of the glaciers and rock ridges and faces on Mt. Rainier.

In the foreground is the lower false summit of Observation Rock. The smooth glacier to the left foreground is the Russell Glacier with the 4,000 foot high rock face of the Willis Wall above and to the far left with the ice cliffs on the top. Below the Willis Wall is the head or cirque-borne glacier of the Carbon Glacier which is the longest and thickest glacier on Mt. Rainier. This glacier is 5.7 miles long and decends down to the elevation of 3,500 feet, making it the lowest-elevation glacier in the lower 48 states. It is also 700 feet thick on the upper part of the glacier.

The glacier in the upper-middle of Rainier is a hanging glacier called the Liberty Cap Glacier with the thickest ice cliffs on Rainier at 300 feet high. The rock ridge below this glacier is the famous Ptarmigan Ridge. This is the most famous and one of the most dangerous climbing routes on Mt. Rainier which goes below the ice cliffs and then ascends on to the Liberty Cap Glacier then on to the summit. To the right of the hanging Liberty Cap Glacier is the rocky Mowich Face with smaller ice cliffs above it. Finally, the large glacier below the Mowich Face and to the far right is the North Mowich Glacier. The rock field and large snowfield in the foreground just past the false summit of Observation Rock is the lower part of the Ptarmigan Ridge.

We stayed at the summit for about two hours until the clouds got to be to thick to see anything. This shot was taken before the clouds started to build up.

Scanned from a 35mm negative using a Pentax PZ-10 camera, Pentax FA 28-80mm f/3.5-4.7 lens.

Taken in: United States / Washington / Mount Rainier (show map)

Taken on: July 17, 1994

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