Summit psyche!

Dinner is done. Time to pack and go to bed. Game on!

May 29-31 3-Day Climb at High Camp and ready to launch!

Devin Bishop just sent in more photos. It's a beautiful day up at Ingraham Flats. Everyone's resting and enjoying the view.

Heading out of Muir

Pulling into High Camp

May 29-31 3-Day Climb

Cruised our way to Muir in the sunshine today. Everyone is well fed and looking forward to further adventures tomorrow. Photo by: Devin Bishop

May 27-29 3day climb

The 3day climbers are doing well and enjoyed beautiful weather at high camp yesterday (see photo). The team turned around at 13,000' during their summit attempt due to weather and snow conditions. All are well and will be heading down from high camp this morning.

10-day course checks in from the Cascades

Lead guide Pat Timson called to check in from the May 26th 10-day course. The group is on a bit further east in the Cascades and is benefiting from somewhat drier conditions than we're getting on Mt. Rainier this week. The team is all doing really well, having fun, and learning a lot. They will be spending another 2 days in the field before returning to Seattle for the night. They will have the chance to change out gear as needed, sleep in a bed! and then will head to Rainier for a summit attempt on the Kautz route.

May 25-30 6-day Course checks In

Lead Guide Matt Nightengale called to check in from Mt. Baker this morning. The group has experienced all four seasons in the past four days! After a couple days of wet weather, yesterday there was a break and the group moved up to Sandy Camp in clearer conditions.

 Everyone is doing well and practicing skills they hope to put into practice on a summit attempt tomorrow or early Friday morning. The guides are watching the weather to see when the best window for summiting will be in the next couple days. Lastly,  apparently George is bummed the Rangers are going to Game 6, but hopefully being in the mountains will take his mind off their loss last night!

Liberty Ridge group checks in

Matt Hegeman just called with an update from our Liberty Ridge crew on Mt. Rainier. The road to White River trailhead has not officially opened to the public, but the Mt. Rainier NPS was gracious enough to make sure our group was able to drive to the trail head, saving about 7 miles of road walking each way. Whew!

The whole crew is doing well and has made it to Thumb Rock at about 10,700', where they will camp for the night. Now we're watching the forecast and the guides will decide in the next 24 hours when to go for the summit.

5-26 Muir

We survived some pretty bad weather yesterday and now the sun is out. Doing a little training before heading up to high camp!

3day team drying out, enjoying the sun!

Enjoying burritos after a wet hike up to Camp Muir!

After am intensely wet and windy hike to camp Muir, the team is quite happy to see the sun and dry out this morning. After finishing up snow school we packed up and moved to high camp.

Snow school around Camp Muir

May 18th 6-Day Course

The 6-Day Course called to check in. All is well and they are enjoying the beautiful North Cascades! The group is putting their skills to a test with a summit attempt in Boston Basin.

Early starts...

It is always a little controlled chaos getting ready to leave for the summit. Here is a hint from your guide to an aspiring summiteer: keep your stuff organized and you will be the one standing enjoying the stars while others search for that missing pair of gloves. Can't wait to climb with you.

Photos from New Guide Training

Our new guides spent ten days learning the ropes and getting dialed in on the Mt. Rainier scene in early May. The weather cooperated at least some of the time! Here are some photos from their training:

 Taking a break at Camp Comfort during the New Guide 

summit attempt via the Ingraham Direct 

 Crevasse Rescue Practice at Alta Vista

Watching the sunset from Muir

High Camp

Made it to High Camp this afternoon in intermittent snow showers. Forecast is for clearing overnight for our climb tomorrow. 

Day 2 and all is well at Camp Muir

May 16 Rainier Summit

Had ourselves a sunset climb today!  Beautiful day, beautiful route. Can't ask for much more. 

May 11-16th Cascades 6-day Course checks in

Lead Guide Pat Timson called to check in from the first 6-day course of the season. The group has had beautiful weather and has been enjoying their time learning glacier skills on Mt. Baker. On Wednesday they headed up the mountain and the whole group successfully summited via the Easton Glacier route. Snow conditions were somewhat challenging given the warm temps, but with snowshoes they were able to make good progress and summit under clear skies. The team heads down today and back to Seattle after a fun week. Congratulations to all!

Early summit

Due to an impending weather system, we will be attempting the summit today.  Let's hope the weather holds!

May 15 Rainier climb

We've got a bunch of well fed, happy campers up here at club Muir. Time for some well deserved rest. 

A quick rest

Jimmy takes a break at high camp after a lovely summit this morning. After an 11pm wake up its hard to stay awake. Another few thousand feet to descend to beer and burgers!

Hot stuff

Enjoying another warm day up here. Feels like summer's early. The team enjoys some r&r before we climb tonight.

May 11-13 Rainier Climb Enjoys Beautiful Weather for Summit Attempt!

The team ended up turning around at around 12,000' but enjoyed a beautiful sunrise and climb on the upper mountain.

2014 Rainier season begins!

Beautiful day up here. Everyone made it to Camp Muir and we're psyched for some burritos!