Mount Rainier - DC Route

Itinerary

Thursday

• 2:10 AM - Drive to Paradise (2:30 hr drive)
• 4:40 AM - At Paradise
• 5:00 AM - Hiking (6 hr hike)
• 11:00 AM - At Camp Muir (12 hrs acclimatization)
• 11:00 PM - Start climbing (4,500 ft, est. 9 hours, starting at 10,050 ft)

Friday

• 4:00 AM - Top of Cleaver (12,250 ft, no earlier than 4, want some light after cleaver, so that's 2,200 ft gain, 4:20 hours)
• 8:00 AM - Summit, descend (descending should take half the time it took to ascend, so 4.5 hours)
• 11:00 AM - Bottom of cleaver
• 12:30 AM - Muir
• 12:30 PM - Hike back down
• 3:30 PM - At car
• 6:30 PM - Home

Weather

Daylight

• Moon rise: 4:09 AM (and essentially new moon...)
• First light: 4:33 AM
• Sunrise: 5:12 AM
• Sunset: 9:04 PM
• Last light: 9:44 PM

Definitely want to be back to Muir by 2pm at latest... 5pm it's very warm.