May 13, 2019

Rainier Summit (Rikki Dunn)

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 Pass and Mike Haft and his team are up at Camp Muir for the night.

All is well on Rainier!

Heather Garland

May 12, 2019

Prepped for a successful summit climb on Rainier (George Dunn)

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 the going on the Muir Snowfield a bit less taxing.

In other Rainier news, Nickel Wood and his Liberty Ridge team head out tomorrow morning… and we are a week away for our first Fuhrer Finger climb of the season!

And if you don’t have a spot on a climb yet, sign up for one of these openings:

Mountain Day School
May 24

Emmons
July 22-26

Kautz
June 29 – July 3

Little Tahoma Seminar
June 16-21
July 7-12

Glacier Skills Seminar
August 17-23

Heather Garland

May 10, 2019

Summit morning May 9, 2019 (Rikki Dunn)

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 IMG team tomorrow morning.

Windy conditions up high did not deter the team from summiting (Rikki Dunn)

Even though the temps have been warmer than usual, the Ingraham Direct route is “in” and all is well on Rainier!

We have new openings on the following:

Mountain Day School
May 24

3.5 Day DC
June 9-12
July 21-24

Emmons
July 22-26

Kautz
June 29 – July 3

Little Tahoma Seminar
June 16-21
July 7-12

Glacier Skills Seminar
August 17-23

Sign up now or email office@mountainguides.com for info.

Heather Garland

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.

High break on the way to the summit (Nickel Wood)

What a great way to start the season. The weather for the rest of the week looks equally good.

Almost there! (Nickel Wood)

Currently the route to the summit heads directly up the Ingraham Glacier (Ingraham Direct Route), avoiding Disappointment Cleaver. This is a more direct route usually only an option in early May, until crevasses start to open on the glacier. The route will move to the Disappointment Cleaver when conditions call for the switch.

George Dunn