{"id":12989,"date":"2014-11-25T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T19:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=12989"},"modified":"2014-11-25T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T19:32:37","slug":"ready-for-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/25\/img-news\/ready-for-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready For Snow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 25, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Winter has arrived!\u00c2\u00a0 A few IMG guides kicked off the skiing\/riding season with two days of powder skiing in the Crystal Mountain Backcountry.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12989 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Haft-begins-900ft-of-perfection.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[12989]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Haft-begins-900ft-of-perfection-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12994\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Haft-begins-900ft-of-perfection-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Haft-begins-900ft-of-perfection-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Haft-begins-900ft-of-perfection-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mike-Haft-begins-900ft-of-perfection-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12994'>\n\t\t\t\tMike Haft begins 900ft of perfection\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141123_132542.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[12989]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141123_132542-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12995\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141123_132542-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141123_132542-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141123_132542-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141123_132542-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12995'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Powder\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guides Peter Dale, Mike Haft, and Justin Merle reported 2-3ft of new snow this past weekend, lending to great storm skiing on Sunday with plenty of leftovers on Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 This storm laid down a great base to begin the season on, and there is more to come in the long-term forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>With all this snow in mind, don&#8217;t forget to stay safe this winter with IMG&#8217;s Avalanche courses and Backcountry\/Ski Mountaineering programs.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/pdf\/IMG-Forms-Rainier.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Sign-up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Peter Dale, IMG Guide<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information regarding IMG&#8217;s Avalanche and Ski Programs, please click on the following links:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Avalanche Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/rnr-avalanche-level1.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. Rainier AIARE Avalanche Level I Course<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/avalanche.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Avalanche Level I &amp; II (Crystal Mountain)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backcountry Ski\/Mountaineering:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/rnr-ski-traverse.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. Rainier Ski Traverse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/rnr-backcountry-touring.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. Rainier Backcountry Touring Seminar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/backcountry.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Cascades Backcountry Ski Mountaineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 25, 2014 Winter has arrived!\u00c2\u00a0 A few IMG guides kicked off the skiing\/riding season with two days of powder skiing in the Crystal Mountain Backcountry. &nbsp; Guides Peter Dale, Mike Haft, and Justin Merle reported 2-3ft of new snow this past weekend, lending to great storm skiing on Sunday with plenty of leftovers on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-img-news","category-mt-rainier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12989"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12999,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12989\/revisions\/12999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}