A hike and climb in Washington in the Goat Rocks wilderness area with the Mazamas. We created or 3 or 4 new Mazamas with the Old Snowy topout.

Avalanche Lilies in camp Mr. Townsley's minimalist pack with non-minamlist tent Bear^H^H^H^HMouse Bag Switching back on the Bypass Creative cairn First clothing break Richard John Goat Rocks range Mt. Adams Mt. Saint Helens A fun snow slog Soon-to-be Mazamas Kicking Steps We climb high Ascending steeper section of snow gully Nice break before exiting snow to rock Old Snowy from the south Solo climber (Randy) resting on scree fields First peek of Rainier Mixed Hiking Beautiful days and Fire Haze Randy and Rainier Glacier Lake? 3 dudes admiring Mt. Rainier Goat Rocks Ridge with Mt. Rainier Approaching Old Snowy's summit block PCT bottom right? Nice northern ridge line Old Snowy west ridge Blank wooden sign Jim watches his followers Scrambling Old Snowy Mt. Saint Helens from Old Snowy Mt. Adams from Old Snowy Mt. Rainier from Old Snowy Richard on Old Snowy David and Mt. Adams from Old Snowy More interesting ridge climbing David on Old Snowy summit Summit ladybugs Zoom: Ives traverse from Old Snowy Curtis Gilbert and Ives Peak from Old Snowy Descending east ridge of Old Snowy Snow, finally L1080358.jpg Unidentified on upper Packwood Glacier Mee John and team descending steep kitty litter Fun arch behind climbers Doug "not having fun" Curtis Gilbert with glacier moat in foreground

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