"Camped two nights. Very fun, not too steep. Conditions were not perfect this late in the season but still not bad. Wouldn’t recommend summiting much later in the season. 16 hours moving time." — Nao • Aug 25, 2025

"What an epic, hard climb for state high point. #25. Half way done! After climbing 4,500’ from Paradise to Camp Muir at 10,000’ on Sunday, we got a route briefing from Tim the Climbing Ranger. After the briefing he told me he used to work for RMI and had lost count, but he thought he had climbed Rainier nearly 100x. I listened attentively to his advice. From talking with Tim and the other climbers that were heading down as we came up to camp, we gathered that several climbers took the wrong route where a ladder fell into a crevasse overnight at around 13k, causing them to get cliffed out and forcing them to turn around, ruining some of their summit attempts. The mountain was not getting below freezing at night so everything was shifting and moving almost by the hour in the heat of the day. We started around midnight on about 40 minutes of crappy sleep at Camp Muir. Roped up, we headed off into the night, following the headlamps of several large guided RMI groups. Our plan was to take the DC Route (Disappointment Cleaver) up - starting at Muir, across the Cowlitz Glacier, up through Cathedral Gap, onto the Ingraham Glacier, across several snow bridges and a ladder to Disa..." — wiweasel • Aug 11, 2025

"Day 1: We made our way up to Upper Castle (9,462 ft) to set camp and prep for the summit push. Elevation hit me hard around 8,500 ft—tight chest, lead legs, waves of nausea… just the mountain reminding me who’s in charge. Day 2: I was fortunate to wake up acclimated and fresh for our summit push. Not long into the climb, we crossed paths with a team turning back due to high winds. We decided to keep going and assess conditions for ourselves. They weren’t wrong—the wind near Camp Hazard was intense. But once on the glacier, it calmed. We pressed on. Around 12,500 ft, one of our team members began experiencing health issues. Priorities shifted fast. We turned back to get them to camp safely before dark. Day 3: Weather was closing in, so we descended." — AlpineTrailblazer • Jul 8, 2025

"July 5-6, 2025. Started from Paradise at 9:06pm on the 5th. Took 3 hours and 18 minutes to reach Camp Muir. Roped and cramponed up. Smooth sailing a great timing. Passed a few parties on the cleaver. Passed a large RMI group on top of the cleaver when they were taking a break. Crossed over one crevasse ladder. Other crevasses were step overs, but some will need ladders soon. Switchbacked up to the rim while the sun rose. Reached the summit around 6am, 9 hours and 5 minutes after leaving the parking lot. Hit the new true summit and signed the register. A great day with great weather. Such a stunning area. Saw a gray-crowned rosy finch at Muir while de-roping. Total time car to car was 15 hours 10 minutes. My 14th, 14er; 7th U.S. high point, and 14th Cascade Volcano. With Ryan and Brooks and it was their first 14er. " — runningvegan • Jul 6, 2025

"Quick trip in between work stints to climb with good friend from Oregon. We summitted Olympus last year, and Adams was in our sight for this spring. Upper road to TH closed added on additional 3 miles we did not plan on, but still were able to make our way to just below the South Butte area to set up a camp. Summit day started at 4am with beautiful skies and calm winds. Weather continued to be perfect for a summit. Snow was hard and never softened for that glissade down after summitting -- made for a long descent on "concrete" type of conditions, pounding the feet. But views of all the PNW stratovolcanoes, deep indigo skies, and moderate wind made for an unforgettable experience. Summit day -- 14.5 hour camp to summit and back to TH." — MarmotHead • May 4, 2025