June 21, 2023 Happy to report that we’ve been having one heck of a season on Mt. Rainier thus far! Almost all of our summit climbs have touched the top, including our 3.5 Day Disappointment Cleaver climb led by Stu Johnson that returned to Ashford today. We’re hopeful that the good weather and good route […]
May 20, 2023 IMG Lead Guide Porter McMichael just recently led a team to the summit of Mt Rainier via the Kautz Glacier, our first summit via that route this season! The team reported great weather and good climbing conditions. Between May 16th and 19th the team climbed from paradise, up to Camp Hazard, up […]
May 13, 2023 We’re in full swing here in the Cascades now! Our first few Disappointment Cleaver teams have found success, reaching the summit in good weather. Coming up soon we have our first Kautz and Emmons teams heading out the door. For more updates on our current Rainier season and our 2024 […]
May 4, 2023 We’re excited to share that our first team has made it to the summit of Mt. Rainier. The team reached the top yesterday after four days on a skills seminar preparing these climbers for Denali and beyond. The route was smooth and the team had great weather. It is finally the summer […]
April 30, 2023 Today we sent up nine of our guides will all of the gear for Camp Muir and the DC climbing season. The team will be putting up the WeatherPort, establishing the Ingraham Flats camp, and putting in a climbing route on the upper mountain if conditions allow. We’re super excited to starting […]
March 26, 2023 Our first Expedition Prep Seminar at Mt. Rainier has left Paradise for four days in the field. The team is currently camping on Mazama Ridge above Paradise practicing everything from sled hauling to building a camp in the snow. IMG Senior Guide Rowan Stewart checked in today saying the team is having […]
Sept 21, 2022 – IMG’s Rainier climbing team reached the summit of the highest peak in Washington yesterday morning, reporting clear weather and unseasonably warm temperatures. Lead Guide Timm Phillips said the team climbed well over the course of the morning, allowing them to reach the summit. All is well on Mt Rainier!
August 7, 2022 IMG’s Chief Guide Justin Merle just made his 200th successful summit of Mt Rainier on our recent 3.5 day Camp Muir climb via Disappointment Cleaver, joining a very small number of climbers who have reached that milestone. Justin has been climbing for IMG since the early 2000’s and has logged dozens of […]
July 2, 2022- After a cold and snowy start to the spring, the weather has finally started to feel more like summer. With the change in the weather has come many more summits on Mt Rainier, Mt Baker, and other peaks in the Pacific Northwest. The heavy winter has led to a snow pack that […]
Congratulations to our Baker Rainier Seminar team, led by Brad Swanson, which summitted both Mt Rainier and Mt Baker this week, utilizing small weather windows to achieve a summit on both peaks. Our first Emmons climb of the year, led by Anna Hicks, summitted Rainier via the Emmons route this morning and the team is […]
