May 25th, 2025 A successful week for International Mountain Guides on Mt. Rainier, as 2 of our Disappointment Cleaver teams enjoyed summits. Team #1 lead by Juliana Garcia celebrated the first summit of the 2025 season, with cold and breezy conditions and limited visibility from the crater. Team #2 lead by Angie Diana, summited […]
April 28, 2025 IMG is gearing up for the season on Rainier, and our new guides spent last week with with some of our supervisors, getting to know Mt. Rainier!
April 24, 2025 New guide training 2025 underway on Rainier.
February 12, 2025 Enjoy the pictures from this weekend February 8th and 9th as Mt. Rainier showed what a perfect classroom it can be! There are few things like experiencing the mountains during the winter. The beauty, the majesty, the solitude, the vastness. IMG was proud to offer AIARE Avalanche level1 courses this […]
October 13, 2020 After an abbreviated 2020 season on Mt. Rainier, we’re happy to announce a full slate of programs in 2021! 6.5 Day Denali Prep Seminar – This program is a perfect introduction to extreme cold weather mountaineering and a prerequisite for a guided Denali Expedition. Learn crevasse rescue, sled rigging & hauling, expedition […]
August 13, 2020 If you’ve climbed with IMG, or with any other guide service for that matter, you’ll agree that guides work hard, very hard. Obviously it’s great when their hard work is recognized with gratuity at the end of a climb, but it’s also great when the hard work is appreciated from afar, […]
February 5, 2020 Join us for our beautiful and exciting Mt. Baker climbs in July and August! At 10,781 feet, Mt. Baker is the fourth highest peak in the Northwest. This volcano, glacier climb is the perfect prep for those interested in gaining experience before climbing Mt. Rainier. And for those who are lovers of […]
January 27, 2020 Join us at REI Tacoma on Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 for a 90 minute presentation on what it takes to summit Washington’s highest peak, Mount Rainier! IMG Senior Guide, Jason Edwards, will lead an in-depth talk covering topics such as conditioning, trip planning, selecting appropriate and necessary gear, route selection, and many […]
January 3, 2020 Are you committed to climbing the highest peak in North America? Before attempting 20,310′ Denali, you’ll want to first spend time in a comparable cold weather environment. Test yourself in expedition-style winter mountaineering with IMG on Mt. Rainier during an upcoming Denali Expedition Seminar & Summit Climb! Available dates: February 8-14, 2020 […]
December 12, 2019 If you follow the weather in the PNW, then you know the freezing levels in the mountains are falling and snow accumulation numbers are rising. Paradise is expected to receive up to 36″ from the current low pressure system, with even more snow up high. While it feels a bit late for […]
