May 3, 2019 As the sun sets on the 2019 Denali Prep Seminar season, we’d like to thank every one of our participants for their hard work, enthusiasm, and willingness to both enjoy and be humbled by the mountain. From epic storms to ground blizzards to whiteouts to bitter cold to fierce winds to bluebird […]
May 2, 2019 Nickel checked in this morning and reported it’s a little windy and chilly at Camp Muir with clouds just below 10,000′. They are headed up to the Ingraham Flats Camp and will scout the upper mountain for a possible route to the summit. Their back up plan is to work on crevasse […]
May 1, 2019 IMG Lead Guide, Nickel Wood, is at Camp Muir with the final Denali Prep Seminar of the 2019 season. The team spent their first few nights on the mountain working on expedition camping skills, moving from their first camp just above Paradise up onto the Muir Snowfield. They’ve hauled their sleds over […]
April 18, 2019 Our 5th Denali Prep Seminar of 2019 made the trip up to Camp Muir yesterday after spending two days and nights working on their expedition camping skills at the 6,200′ Marmot Hill Camp. They had blue skies and sunshine for their sled hauling day out of Paradise, but the weather has since […]
April 4, 2019 The Denali Prep Seminar has been making the most of the winter conditions this week at Camp Muir. Yesterday morning they trained in a ground blizzard before moving into the Gombu to work on haul systems used in crevasse rescue. They’ll head down to Paradise in the morning, just in time to […]
April 3, 2019 IMG Lead Guide, Jonathan Schrock, and his Denali Prep team spent yesterday afternoon working on ascending and descending fixed lines on the short but steep slopes of Muir Peak. Winds are expected to be a bit higher today with more snow in the forecast so the team will stay put at Camp […]
April 2, 2019 Our 4th Denali Prep Seminar of the season is training out of Camp Muir today. The full team of 8 climbers and 4 guides, led by IMG Guide Jonathan Schrock, should have light winds and below freezing temperatures as winter conditions have returned to the mountain. They can expect to see some […]
March 26, 2019 Join IMG Lead Guide, Betsy Dain-Owens, on the last Denali Prep Seminar of the season April 27 – May 3 and find out how Rikki’s team rescued him during their training! Just two spots remain for an opportunity to spend almost a week on Rainier while the snowpack is in excellent training […]
March 21, 2019 The Denali Prep Seminar will train on the Nisqually Glacier today. IMG Guides, Jay Lyons & Rowan Stewart, scouted out a nice crevasse this morning and the team will spend the day applying their newly acquired knowledge of snow and ice anchors and add technical crevasse rescue systems, including self-rescue, to their […]
March 20, 2019 Looks like another fine day on Rainier for our Denali Prep Seminar! We received some additional pictures from them overnight and thought we’d share a little more of what they’ve been doing up there on the mountain. While this team won’t see any of the wintry weather the last team saw, the […]
