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Mt. Rainier

Winter Ascent Seminar Turns At 11k On Rainier

One hell of a sunrise! (Photo by Josh McDowell)

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 […]

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Winter Seminar Begins On Mt. Rainier

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 […]

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Go Seahawks!

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 […]

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Know Your Snow

It’s all about the fun in the mountains. Ryan stops to scope the bottom half of our first run of the day.

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 […]

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Ready For Snow?

November 25, 2014 Winter has arrived!  A few IMG guides kicked off the skiing/riding season with two days of powder skiing in the Crystal Mountain Backcountry.   Guides Peter Dale, Mike Haft, and Justin Merle reported 2-3ft of new snow this past weekend, lending to great storm skiing on Sunday with plenty of leftovers on […]

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Winter Has Come To Paradise

October 24, 2014 Joining us in the office this week & covering for the globetrotting Tye Chapman is the awesome IMG Guide Dallas Glass.  What’s on your mind Dallas? It’s official.  The first real snow of the season has hit Paradise Meadows on Rainier.  And while some Seattleites may by whining about the recent rains, […]

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That’s A Wrap For The 2014 Rainier Season

The 2014 Summit Board. (From left to right...just kidding!)

October 1, 2014 Well that’s a wrap on the 2014 Rainier season!  It was another great year on the mountain.  The weather was great, the route held up nicely and most importantly everybody made it down safely. What all goes into a Rainier season you ask? … here’s a glimpse: 5000 slices of bacon 3000 […]

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How About A Ballgame

How many IMGers can you name? And can you spot the two RMI guides who snuck in with their significant others?

September 29, 2014   As the summer turns to fall it gets harder and harder to get everybody together, so on Friday we rallied as many IMG guides, staff and partners as we could for the Mariners vs Angels game.  28 of us in total showed up to watch the Mariners defeat the Angels 4-3. […]

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Rainier Team Toughin It Out

September 24, 2014 Well our team up at Camp Muir on Mt. Rainier didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. Why you ask? A look at the telemetry from the past 24 hours gives us a pretty good idea! Note that between 7pm and 1am the minimum (yes minimum) wind speed was 62mph, the […]

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2015 Rainier Dates Released

Mt. Rainier (14,410ft.)

September 8, 2014 It’s official, our 2015 dates have been released and with just 8 climbers and 4 guides on each climb they fill up fast… not U2 or Beyonce tickets fast, but pretty fast. Let’s cut to the chase: Winter & Denali Prep Seminars: Literally a prerequisite for Denali. 4 experienced guides, 8 climbers, […]

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