Submitted by satellite779 t3_1127y5c in Washington
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satellite779 OP t1_j8kksi6 wrote
Yeah, snow reflects sunlight you can get burnt from below which is not intuitive. Definitely need to apply sunscreen even if wearing a hat.
LydJaGillers t1_j8kliym wrote
Roof of his mouth?! Like how do you get sunburned inside your mouth?
satellite779 OP t1_j8kou8p wrote
Probably hiked with open mouth since it's a strenuous hike and snow is reflecting the sunlight. I got burnt on my forehead even though I was wearing a hat when I hiked to Muir.
Apprehensive_Ice2101 t1_j8kzxrm wrote
Absolutely gorgeous. When was this? We were down in Longmire on Saturday for a hike and it was an incredible day!
satellite779 OP t1_j8l2pt7 wrote
This was on Sunday from 10am-2pm. Clouds started rolling in after that and it was a full blizzard the next morning.
Apprehensive_Ice2101 t1_j8lk6me wrote
Wow! Love it. Thanks!
Apprehensive_Ice2101 t1_j8lknvw wrote
The mountain does as the mountain will.
enthusiastic_diver t1_j8pa2fq wrote
That's simply gorgeous! How far up did you snowshoe? I see you got high enough to get a good view of St Helens!
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satellite779 OP t1_j8pckcw wrote
I went to High Panorama Point at 7200ft. Around here: 46.805151, -121.728987
Mt St Helens photo was taken from a lower point: 46.799750, -121.733861
You can paste these coordinates in Google, Reddit is not allowing me to use Google maps short URLs to share it directly.
enthusiastic_diver t1_j8pdaan wrote
Beautiful. Thank you! I take it snowshoes are required? Is it possible to get by with microspikes?
satellite779 OP t1_j8peaif wrote
If you keep to the main tracks you might get by in boots, but you'll posthole at some point for sure. I actually removed snowshoes for particularly steep sections when going down, as snowshoes become almost like skis, so it's easier to make your own steps by going heel first. But, for the most part I was wearing snowshoes. It really depends on how well packed is the trail: if you go after a snowstorm, it's going to be very difficult to go around with no snowshoes. I think most people were using snowshoes or skis to get up this past weekend. Some skiers were climbing steep sections in their boots though.
I don't think microspikes would have been useful. It was mostly fresh or packed snow. Even on steep sections, there were steps from other hikers that you can use, or you can make your own.
__fujoshi t1_j8kikv1 wrote
hope you all wore sunscreen and had gaiters, a friend of mine got sunburnt on the roof of his mouth doing a hike up to camp muir one year.