April 30, 2018 Every spring IMG Guides come together for our annual Guide Training weekend just before the start of the Rainier climbing season. This year we packed the room with 37 Guides. Saturday is typically reserved for getting to know the new guides (10 this year), discussing any new protocols, a refresher on […]
April 27, 2018 Our final Denali Prep Seminar sipped on coffee this morning at Camp Muir enjoying their last views of the trip. The walk down the Muir Snowfield took them into the clouds below and back to reality. Once down at Paradise they loaded up the van and made their way back to […]
April 26, 2018 The photos pretty much say it all. The great weather continues for the Denali Prep Seminar on Mt. Rainier. Lead Guide Betsy Dain-Owens reports that her team took a walk across the Cowlitz Glacier, though the Cathedral Gap, up to The Flats to take a look at the upper mountain. While tempted […]
April 25, 2018 Lead Guide Betsy Dain-Owens checked in from Camp Muir reporting more good weather for her Denali Prep Seminar. The team is taking full advantage of the weather by doing some crevasse rescue training today along with some fixed line work on Muir Peak. We’re two weeks from the start of the Rainier […]
April 24, 2018 IMG Senior Guide Betsy Dain-Owens reports that the good weather continues on Mt. Rainier! The team had a great day of training around their first camp yesterday and opted to take advantage of the good weather and head up to Camp Muir today. Getting up to Camp Muir this time of […]
April 23, 2018 Justin Merle began guiding on Mt. Rainer in 1999 and hasn’t stopped. Since his first climb as a guide, he’s accumulated over 160 summits of Mt. Rainier and countless other summits here in the Great Pacific Northwest and worldwide, including seven summits of Mt. Everest. Merle, an AMGA certified Alpine Guide, has […]
April 22, 2018 Clear blue skies and moderate temperatures met IMG’s final 2018 Denali Seminar as they arrived in Paradise on Sunday. In fact, if the forecast holds they should receive beautiful weather the whole week as they work their way up the mountain. Fingers crossed! Already today the team has covered some basic knots, […]
April 13, 2018 As always Rainier has provided a great training venue this week. Snowy winter weather, wind, and variable terrain gave our Denali Seminar team exposure to all aspects of expedition climbing. Over the last 6 days they’ve experienced expedition camp maintenance, crevasse rescue scenarios, navigation training, fixed rope courses and, of course, the […]
April 11, 2018 The Denali Prep Team checked in by radio again today reporting that they’ve opted to hang tight another day to train. They’ve got their eyes on a frontal system that’s moving into the area. It’s likely bringing a good bit of precip (snow) with it, so better to hunker down & take […]
April 10, 2018 IMG Senior Guide Nickel Wood radioed in from Mazama Ridge on the lower flanks of Mt. Rainier today. After a road closure on Sunday, the team was able to get into Mt. Rainier National Park & up to the Paradise parking lot yesterday. All the prep work was done, so once they […]
