To Climb Mount Rainier

The stars have aligned such that I might be a part of a three or four person rope team to attempt a summit of Mount Rainier on the weekend of August 13 - August 15. If all goes according to plan, we will reach Mount Rainier's 14,400 ft summit crater by approximately 10am Sunday morning.

A detail plan will come out of a meeting between the climbers tomorrow evening. We will follow the Disappointment Cleaver route. This is a two-day climb from the trailhead at Paradise to high camp at Camp Muir (10,100 ft) on a ridge between Cowlitz and Nisqually Glacier on Rainier's southern face. Early the next morning, we'll rope up and cross Cowlitz glacier and Ingraham flats toward Disappointment Cleaver, a rock formation dividing Emmons and Ingraham Glaciers. Once we reach the top of this formation, we'll proceed over snow up toward the crater rim, and from there to Columbia Crest (summit ridge) if weather permits.

I hope it permits.

Update:

Follow Mount Rainier's weather forecast http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/rainier_report.html.

.THURSDAY...SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL 14000 FEET. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. FREEZING LEVEL 15000 FEET.
.FRIDAY...SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL ABOVE 15000 FEET. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. FREEZING LEVEL ABOVE 15000 FEET.
.SATURDAY...SUNNY. FREEZING LEVEL ABOVE 15000 FEET.

.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...CLEAR NIGHTS AND SUNNY DAYS. FREEZING
LEVEL ABOVE 15000 FEET.

That appears to be ideal climbing weather.