{"id":13497,"date":"2015-02-24T15:11:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T23:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=13497"},"modified":"2015-02-24T15:15:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T23:15:06","slug":"winter-ascent-seminar-turns-at-11k-on-rainier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/24\/mt-rainier\/winter-ascent-seminar-turns-at-11k-on-rainier\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Ascent Seminar Turns At 11k On Rainier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, 2015<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13497 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><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\/2015\/02\/IMG_6965.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[13497]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6965-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Working the snowfield (Photo by Susan Ershler)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13499\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6965-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6965-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6965-940x705.jpg 940w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6965-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6965-195x146.jpg 195w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6965.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13499'>\n\t\t\t\tWorking the snowfield (Photo by Susan Ershler)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><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\/2015\/02\/FullSizeRendera.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[13497]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FullSizeRendera-231x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The Beehive on Mt. Rainier. (Photo by Josh McDowell)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FullSizeRendera-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FullSizeRendera-620x805.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FullSizeRendera-150x195.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FullSizeRendera.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13498'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Beehive on Mt. Rainier. (Photo by Josh McDowell)\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\/2015\/02\/IMG_6980.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[13497]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6980-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"One hell of a sunrise! (Photo by Josh McDowell)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6980-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6980-620x466.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6980-195x146.jpg 195w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_6980.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13500'>\n\t\t\t\tOne hell of a sunrise! (Photo by Josh McDowell)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The first Rainier program of the year, a Winter Ascent Seminar, is up at Camp Muir having a blast. They started out here at IMG with a gear check on Saturday. Then on Sunday they went straight to Camp Muir. It&#8217;s a long day to go all the way to Muir in the winter, especially with heavy packs. They had great weather, took it slow and steady, and pull into Camp Muir at 4:30 in good form. They bumped into Phil and Sue Ershler on the snowfield; it&#8217;s always nice to see a friendly face, even if he is the boss.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was a spent scouting and exploring the Camp Muir area. The team spent some time climbing on and around The Beehive. Afterwards, IMG Guides Josh McDowell and Cedric Gamble scouted Gib Ledges. They didn&#8217;t like what they saw so they opted to give the Ingraham Direct a shot today. Given the weather forecast, their only window for getting on the upper mountain was likely today. They gave it a shot, but once they got through the Cathedral Gap and up to The Flats, Josh and Cedric didn&#8217;t like the conditions and opted to turn around at 11,300ft. Pretty safe bet they enjoyed the sunrise!<\/p>\n<p>Unless the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atmos.washington.edu\/data\/rainier_report.html\" target=\"_blank\">weather forecast<\/a> improves, the rest of the week will be spent learning skills like climbing on fixed lines, anchor building, crevasse rescue and avalanche safety.<\/p>\n<p>Tye Chapman<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, 2015 The first Rainier program of the year, a Winter Ascent Seminar, is up at Camp Muir having a blast. They started out here at IMG with a gear check on Saturday. Then on Sunday they went straight to Camp Muir. 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