May 31, 2019 After weeks of unstable weather, the summit rotations have returned with three teams to the top in the last three days! IMG Lead Guides, Jay Lyons & Mike Haft, have given us back to back summits on the Ingraham Direct while Conrad Wharton took the first Kautz team of the season up […]
May 25, 2019 After an unseasonably warm start to May, the weather over the past 10 days brought much needed snow to the glaciers. Whiteout conditions prevailed below Muir, but with a 10,600′ cloud deck yesterday, IMG Senior Guide, Mike Haft, and his team climbed up into clearer skies at camp on the Ingraham. With […]
May 18, 2018 The weather on Rainier has calmed a bit and the sun is shining today. IMG Lead Guide, Willie Webster, and his team are up at Muir training this morning and will head to the Ingraham Flats Camp this afternoon. A couple of the guides on the trip have ascended ahead of Willie […]
May 13, 2019 IMG Lead Guide, Rikki Dunn, led his team to the summit overnight. That’s back to back summits for Rikki and two in one week. He heads off for Denali in a few days and we wish him the best!! Nickel Wood & Jonathan Schrock checked in from their camp at St. Elmo’s […]
May 12, 2019 IMG Lead Guide, Robert Jantzen, and his crew summited yesterday to make it three for three on Rainier! Teams are still on the Ingraham Direct, but we don’t expect it to last much longer. Fortunately, freezing levels should be down to about 7,000′ by Tuesday and at the very least, they’ll make […]
May 10, 2019 Congrats to IMG Lead Guide, Rikki Dunn, for a successful Rainier summit yesterday in windy conditions! Two for two on the season! Robert Jantzen just radioed in that he is on his way to the Ingraham Flats Camp with his team and Rikki heads back up to Camp Muir with the next […]
May 7, 2019 IMG lead guide Nickel Wood called down from the summit of Mt. Rainier this morning at 8:00 am to report that the entire team summited today in perfect conditions. What a great way to start the season. The weather for the rest of the week looks equally good. Currently the route to […]
May 5, 2019 The Rainier season is officially underway with the first DC climb of 2019 hiking up through Paradise as we speak. The weather looks stable, if a bit warm, with 10,000′ freezing levels. IMG Guides, Jay Lyons (far left) & Ryan Dougherty (far right), summited early yesterday as part of a team that […]
May 3, 2019 As the sun sets on the 2019 Denali Prep Seminar season, we’d like to thank every one of our participants for their hard work, enthusiasm, and willingness to both enjoy and be humbled by the mountain. From epic storms to ground blizzards to whiteouts to bitter cold to fierce winds to bluebird […]
May 2, 2019 Nickel checked in this morning and reported it’s a little windy and chilly at Camp Muir with clouds just below 10,000′. They are headed up to the Ingraham Flats Camp and will scout the upper mountain for a possible route to the summit. Their back up plan is to work on crevasse […]
