May 18, 2017 It was a rough week on Mt. Rainier. The recent storms here in the PNW dumped a lot of snow on the upper mountain requiring some extra work by IMG Guides to get our camp at the Ingraham Flats back in order. Today, IMG Guides Andy Polloczek and Austin Shannon went up […]
Mt. Rainier
First Rainier Climb Of The Season Summits
![The inaugural Rainier climb of 2017.](https://mountainguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/First-climb-of-the-2017-Rainier-Season-195x110.jpg)
May 10, 2017 Our first climb of the Mt. Rainier summer season summited in good form yesterday. A great start to the 2017 season! They report that the route heads directly up the Ingraham Glacier this spring, a desirable option over the normal Disappointment Cleaver. The team returned to Ashford looking pretty fit after their […]
First 2017 IMG Rainier Team is on the Mountain!
![Feel the Stoke! First IMG Rainier Crew of 2017 (Robert Jantzen)](https://mountainguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/All-Smiles-First-IMG-Rainier-Crew-for-2017-Robert-Jantzen-195x110.jpg)
May 7, 2017 The first Disappointment Cleaver 3.5 day crew is out the door and headed up hill! It’s an exciting time here at IMG HQ, the leaves are coming out, the temperatures are starting to rise and we have officially stepped into the Mount Rainier climbing season for 2017! IMG guides Andy Polloczek, […]
Mt. Rainier Season Is Underway
![2017 Spring Guide Training (Tye Chapman)](https://mountainguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/guide-training-2-tc-195x146.jpg)
May 3, 2017 The IMG Spring Guide training started this past weekend in Ashford. 30 of our guides showed up for one of our three annual training sessions. Guides focused on new updates and techniques in the industry on Saturday and then moved up to Paradise on Sunday for practice on one person crevasses rescue […]
Happy Birthday Mount Rainier NP!
![Beautiful Mount Rainier (Photo: Luke Reilly)](https://mountainguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_5265-195x146.jpg)
March 2, 2017 At 118 years old, everybody here at IMG doesn’t think Mount Rainier looks a day over 500,000. On this day in 1899, congress established Mount Rainier National Park, but the volcano itself was thought to have formed some 500,000 years ago. Although this sounds old, it’s actually young in the big geologic […]
“Prep For Rainier” Presentations At Local REI Stores
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February 16, 2017 Mt. Rainier climbing season is just around the corner, and our guides are there to help you get ready. Whether you’re climbing Mt. Rainier with IMG, with some friends, or even with one of our competitors, make sure to swing by REI for one of their “Prep for Rainier†talks. IMG is […]
Emmons and DC Climbs Sell Out in Record Time
![Mt. Rainier from White River (Robert Jantzen)](https://mountainguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Mt.-Rainier-from-White-River-Robert-Jantzen-195x110.jpg)
December 29, 2016 Wow! We’ve had a great end to 2016 here at IMG with all of our Rainier Emmons and Disappointment Cleaver (DC) climbs sold out at the start of the New Year. We would like to thank all of our future climbers for choosing IMG and look forward to a fantastic summer […]
First 2016-2017 AIARE Course in the Bag
![AIARE Level 1 students in the Best Classroom on Earth (Dallas Glass)](https://mountainguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_8027-195x146.jpg)
December 20, 2016 IMG’s 2016-2017 Avalanche training kicked off with a great course over the weekend led by Dallas Glass and Liz Riggs-Meder. Snowy weather this December has given rise to a perfect opportunity to train avalanche skills on Mt. Rainier. IMG Courses include free lodging during the course and the best instructors in the […]
Cell Tower at Paradise? – NPS Plan Open for Public Comment
![Jackson Visitor Center (JVC) at Paradise](https://mountainguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Paradise-JVC-195x130.jpg)
November, 30 2016 The National Park Service has opened a public comment process on a proposal to install a cellular antenna in the Jackson Visitor Center (JVC) at Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park. After considering the pros and cons to having increased communication around Paradise, we at IMG support the plan to add cell […]
Denali Prep Seminars on Mount Rainier
![The Public Shelter in Winter](https://mountainguides.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/P1030934-195x146.jpg)
November 29, 2016 Are you looking for a real adventure this winter? Do you only have week of availability? Then the Denali Prep Seminar on Mount Rainier might be the perfect fit.  Every other week during the months of February, March, and April, IMG offers this one of a kind program. The Denali Prep […]