May, 4 2015 IMG conducted its annual spring guide training over the May 2 and 3 weekend. 26 guides showed up for the weekend and it was a great event in part due to the excellent weather. This made for a pleasant barbecue on Saturday night and skills training up at Paradise on Sunday. […]
April 22, 2015 Our last Denali Prep Seminar of the season is having a blast up at Camp Muir. The team started out here at IMG on Saturday for a gear check then enjoyed a beaut of a day making their way to their first camp near McClure Rock. They utilized another great day on […]
April 10, 2015 Yesterday, the winter storm watch and the forecasted extreme winds, forced our latest Denali Prep Seminar off of Mt. Rainier a day early. The team had spent a few days down low training then made the move to Camp Muir on Wednesday in great conditions. They woke up on Thursday to blue […]
April 7, 2015 Whether you’re climbing Mt. Rainier with IMG, or some friends, why not swing by REI for a Prep For Rainier talk and learn a couple things from the experts. We’ll go over the main routes, discuss some training recommendations and of course go over a lot of the gear. Bring your questions […]
March 18, 2015 Who is up for an unforgettable ski mountaineering experience on Mt. Rainier. It is not an exaggeration to say that Mt. Rainier offers some of the world’s finest ski mountaineering terrain. You will be skiing over a varied landscape including glaciers, chutes, long ascents and descents. This program makes a south to north […]
March 5, 2015 Every year “the boot questions” come up and every year we write a blog article hoping to answer more questions than we create. Below is this year’s fun, but relevant, crack at some oft asked boot questions. Question #0: What are single boots and what are double plastic boots? Answers Single boots […]
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. It’s a long day to go all the way to Muir in […]
February 23, 2015 Our first Winter Seminar of 2015 kicked off on Saturday with the team meet ‘n’ greet & gear check here at our headquarters in Ashford. Sunday morning the team shuttled to the trail head at Paradise and spent the day making their way up the Muir snowfield in beautiful weather without wasting […]
January 29, 2015 On Sunday my wife got a call from Chris, a videographer friend of hers. He was doing a promo piece for ESPN and the Seattle Seahawks. Since the mountain (Rainier) was out, he wanted to track down a guide (who was a Seahawks fan) to stand in front of Rainier to talk […]
January 21, 2015 Like most Washington based mountain enthusiasts I appreciate the Cascades long winters and propensity for enormous amounts of snow. This season however, while storms keep rolling through, the snow just hasn’t piled up. That is except on the slopes of Mt Rainier. As one of the snowiest places on earth, Paradise, on […]
