{"id":22393,"date":"2019-05-25T08:51:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T16:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=22393"},"modified":"2019-05-25T10:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T18:53:39","slug":"rainier-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/25\/mt-rainier\/rainier-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainier Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 25, 2019<\/p>\n

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Winter conditions on the Muir Snowfield in May (Nicole Sims)<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Above the Muir ground blizzard (Lara Ralich)<\/p><\/div>\n

With conditions and visibility improving, the guide services are actively working on the route to the summit. We’ll continue with the Ingraham a bit longer than we’d thought!<\/p>\n

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The Fuhrer Finger team heads uphill in favorable weather (Rowan Stewart)<\/p><\/div>\n

Earlier this week, IMG Lead Guide, Jay Lyons, and his Fuhrer Finger team were met with inconsistent weather that had the potential to give them a shot at the summit but ultimately, they opted for a safe retreat.<\/p>\n

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The clouds move in on the Fuhrer Finger team (Rowan Stewart)<\/p><\/div>\n

While it’s always difficult to walk away without a summit, each climber has gained something valuable from their teammates and from the mountain.<\/p>\n

Watch for our May newsletter early next week to learn more about upcoming programs!<\/p>\n

Heather Garland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[274,238,283,97],"class_list":["post-22393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mt-rainier","tag-dc","tag-fuhrer-finger","tag-ingraham","tag-rainier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22393"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22406,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22393\/revisions\/22406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}