Having already skied the Fuhrer Finger but still wanting to ski Rainier, I thought the Fuhrer Thumb would be a safe compromise while still getting out with the peeps.

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St. Helens

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Adams

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The shadow of the mountain

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Alpenglow is always hard to capture

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The Nisqually

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Funny how small Little Tahoma looks, even though it’s objectively huge by WA standards!

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Potentially the most boring summit view in WA

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Cool shapes skiing down the Upper Nisqually Glacier

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Cool skiing next to those formations. But I forgot to take pictures of the line proper!

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Having exited and skiing the lower Wilson Glacier

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Lots of wet slides

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Notes

• This was probably ~14 miles and ~9200 feet of vertical gain in a little under 10 hours.