Feb 13th, 2025 Another week almost complete! Guide Lindsay Valero reports great climbing conditions, and great climbers! What are your Valentine’s day plans? After a long day on the ice, look for our Ouray Ice climbers, heading to the hot tub or the hot springs pool in town to soak and relax, then finish with […]
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Mt. Rainier, the perfect classroom for AIARE!
February 12, 2025 Enjoy the pictures from this weekend February 8th and 9th as Mt. Rainier showed what a perfect classroom it can be! There are few things like experiencing the mountains during the winter. The beauty, the majesty, the solitude, the vastness. IMG was proud to offer AIARE Avalanche level1 courses this […]
After 18 days at Altitude!
February 9th, 2025 After 18 days at altitude, our group of climbers progressed through a myriad of terrain, conditions and aspects of the mighty Cerro Aconcagua along the 360 route. We quickly became a tight-knit crew through sharing bottles of Malbec, go to trail snacks, delicious meals, histories of our lives and blister care tips […]
Team Aconcagua has descended, and back to Mendoza.
February 8th, 2025 The climbing team has descended from the summit of the mountain at 22,837′ and is now back to civilization. Tyler reported they are currently enjoying their team dinner in Mendoza, and enjoying some of the world famous red Malbec Wine, while they celebrate a job well done! More pictures and details to […]
Summit on Aconcagua 22,838′

February 6th, 2025 We are happy to announce that International Mountain Guide’s Tyler Nachand and team summited Aconcagua this morning, and are now resting at Camp 3. After waiting out bad weather at Camp 2, the team enjoyed clear skies and calm winds and reached the summit comfortably in the sun, a rarity on the […]
Planning for summit tomorrow!
February 5, 202 Tyler’s team moves up to Camp 3 today at 19,957 feet (Camp Colera), with summit plans for tomorrow. Good luck, team!
Ouray Ice climbing 2025
January 31, 2025 The Ouray season is well underway and the ice is in! IMG guide Lindsay Valero reported from the Ouray Ice Climbing Seminar that the climbing is stellar and company superb. We still have space on our Ouray programs this month! Read more about it on our website: https://www.mountainguides.com/ouray.shtml
Recovery, rest and acclimatization today – camp 2!
Jan 31, 2025 After a well-earned rest today, the team plans to carry gear up to Camp 3 tomorrow (19,587′) before returning to Camp 2 for the night.
Team settles into camp 2- rest day tomorrow!
January 30th, 2025 Tyler’s team has settled into Camp 2 after climbing from Camp 1 this morning. The team plans to take a rest day at Camp 2 tomorrow to prepare for the climb ahead!
Spirits high after carry to Camp 2!

January 29th, 2025 Tyler and the team carried to Camp 2 and are back at Camp 1 resting. The team is tired, but spirits are high as they relax at Camp 1 in the relatively warm temperatures. The team will climb to Camp 2 tomorrow as they continue to acclimatize. All is well in Argentina!