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On the snow of Rainier

A snowfield on Mount Rainier, the high point of Washington, in June 2024, from the same early morning as the summit. It was in the upper teens, almost no wind, and we were up in a solid layer of cloud.

Rainier is a big, glaciated volcano, and the upper mountain is snow and ice even in summer. This was the ground underfoot on the way to the top.