Summit updates

Kili Team 1 reaches summit and Vinson Team 2 has 100% summit success, giving us 100% for the season. First three Aconcagua teams reach summit

Summits in Southern Hemisphere

Both Team's 1 summit Aconcagua and Vinson ( hear the summit call at: AlpineAscents.com/cybercasts.asp

Cybercasts abound

check out our cybercast page for udpates on Antarctica's Mt. Vinson, Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro at: www.alpineascents.com/cybercasts.asp

Mexico Volcanoes are a success!

All 3 of our Mexico Volcanoes programs were successful, with summits of Izta and Orizaba on each expedition. Check out our cybercasts at http://www.alpineascents.com/cybercasts.asp

Mexico Volcanoes and Everest Trek Cybercasts Post

Latest update from Mexico Volcanoes climb and Everest Trek on our cybercast page:

www.AlpineAscents.com/cybercasts.asp

Final Rainier climb of 2010 summits today!

Our final Rainier climb of 2010 made the top today, with a clear sky and little wind. Route conditions were near perfect! A great season! Congrats team!

Rainier climb summits today!

The Alpine Ascents Rainier climb summitted today with awesome weather, clear & sunny above the clouds with little wind! Everybody made the top, great job team!

Muir climb summits today!

Our Rainier climb made the top today & reported great conditions! Congrats team!!

Rainier climb summits on 9/8 with new snow, wind...

Our recent Muir climb made the summit and had to break trail with new snow accumulation the final few thousand feet to the top. Great job team!

Last Fred Hutch climb thanks Alpine Ascents

A message from Lisa Carlson who organized the Fred Hutch climbs:

THANK YOU FOR A GREAT SEASON! Here is our final Rainier team of the year at Camp Muir....You are all the best!!!!!

Rainier climb summits!

Our Muir climb made the top today and reported good conditions, they are on their way down now.

Fred Hutch climbers summit!

Our last Rainier climb up the Muir route made the top with 4 Fred Hutch climbers summitting!

8 Man team from Islandf Fitness suumits Rainier at 7:30am - Aug 13 - now heading down

Fred Hutch fundraiser climb summits!

Our Muir climb made the summit today with 5 climbers who were raising funds for the Fred Hutch, way to go team! Great weather was reported!

Rainier climb summits!

We had 100% success on the Aug. 5-7 climb of the disappointment clever.
7 out of 7 climbers...guides were Lhakpa, Devin, Lee and Seth.

Summit Success

We are please to announce summit success on this weekends Rainier climbs - and also Elbrus ( details on our Elbrus cybercast page) and Kilimanjaro ! Congrats !

We have had a string of successful climbs on the Muir & Emmons routes, great weather and route conditions have made this season a great one so far!

July 28, 2010: 3-Day Team Summits!

The guide team of Matt Hegeman, Brent Langlinais, Ben Floyd, and Charlotte Austin summited mount rainier on the three day program Via the disappointment Cleaver Route this morning. We are now all back to high camp safe and sound and packing, hydrating and about to head down the mountain for beer and pizza.......yes!

Thursday July 22, 2010

Here are some photos from our recent Mount Rainier Emmons Glacier Climb for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Photos by Eitan Green.

Our Mt. Rainier Emmons climb recently made the summit with several climbers from the Fred Hutchinson center. Great job guys!

8 Day Rainier Course

Here are a few shots from a recent 8 Day Mountaineering Course taken by a fellow climber, Lee Whitten. Thanks for the photos Lee!

Recent Photos From The 3-Day Rainier Climb

Here are some great shots from our recent adventures on the Camp Muir Route on Mount Rainier, shot by our guide Brent Langlinais.
Enjoy!

More summits...100% on 3 routes!

Our Recent 10 day course topped out on the Kautz route on Rainier & reported excellent conditions, snow all the way up the chute with all members to the summit!

Our 8 day mountaineering course climbed the Emmons route on Rainier and made the summit as well with all memebers!

Our Mt. Adams climb also made the top with 100% success on Wednesday. Way to go teams!

Rainier climb summits today at 5:15 AM!

Today our Muir climb made the top of Rainier & reported high winds...The forecast was for winds reaching 63 Mph! Great job team!

Please check our Facebook page for recent photos of our 13 day climbers that are currently climbing in the North Cascades:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4627952&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=109491349024&aid=-1&id=590667498

Rainier climb summits!

Our Rainier climb summitted the Muir route yesterday and climbed the Disappointment Cleaver route, & reported great conditions! Congrats team!

Denali & Mt. Baker summits!

We are pleased to announce that our recent Denali expeditions led by Vern Tejas, Ben Jones, Paul Koubek, and Eitan Green all made the summit!

Our Mt. Baker climb made the summit over the weekend, way to go team!

Rainier photos

Below is a link to photos taken from one of our recent climbers on Rainier. Enjoy!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Mt-Rainier-Summit-Club/129655437074676?ref=ts\

3-Day Team Summits!

The guide team of Seth, Brent, Willie, and Charlotte are back in high camp
with their team safe and sound. The group reached the summit of mt rainier @
7 am this Morning via the ingraham direct route in very strong winds, on the
last day of our 3 day climb. We'll call y'all when we get back to the city
this evening. Peace out

Rainier climb summits today!

The guide team of Seth, Brent, Willie, and Charlotte are back in high camp with their team safe and sound. The group reached the summit of mt rainier @ 7 am this Morning via the ingraham direct route in very strong winds, on the last day of our 3 day climb. Great job team!!!

Alpine Ascents guides climb Fuhrer Finger on Rainier

Alpine Ascents guides Don & Sarah Carpenter took a few personal days off from guiding and climbed & skied down Rainier via the Fuhrer Finger route. Click on the link below to see photos & video from their climb.

http://www.vimeo.com/12900555

100% success on Mt. Baker

Our Mt. Baker climb summitted yesterday wiht all 9 climbers and 3 guides, great job team!!! Climbers reported good conditions this weekend, with deep snow they would "post hole" in if they stepped off the well packed trail on the glacier.

Muir climb summits in good conditions

Our 3 day Muir climb made the top with great weather on June 24, congrats team & to guides Craig & Willie!

6/24/10 - 8-Day Rainier Course Summits

The eight day mountaineering course on mount rainier finally got some good weather and just in time for our summit day! We topped out around 8 am this morning with perfectly clear skies and everyone is excited to get back to civilization for burgers tomorrow afternoon. Brent Langlinais

Rainier Summits

June 22 - 7 of 8 climbers reach the summit of Rainier

Team at Cathedral Ridge and High Camp today.

Monday June 21, 2010

Team is doing well, nice weather today. This morning Other teams did not make summit because of high winds and poor conditions, we hope conditions will improve & we can make the summit tomorrow!

Photo: High Camp on Muir Route, Mount Rainier

Sunday June 20, 2010

It's been a rainy couple of days thus far but our group is staying warm and learning a bunch of new skills that will come in handy when we make our summit bid in a few days time. For example this photo is of Charlotte Austin teaching our team about avalanche assment before leaving the safety of treeline. Happy fathers day to everyone and stay tuned for our next update when we are once again in cellular reception.

Emmons summits...

Our last Emmons climb made the summit on Monday before the storm came in on Tuesday & Wednesday. Our previous Emmons climb also summitted back on June 8th, that makes two in a row for the Emmons route with our groups. Hopefully with the deep snow accumulation the route will hold together and provide excellent climbing conditions for the remainder of our season!

Rainier summit! June 18, 2010

Our climbing team on the Muir route fo Mt. Rainier reported a successful summit this morning!! They said the route conditions were excellent & weather was awesome! We hope the good weather continues & we will expect many more summits in the days to come. Guide Michael Horst reported "the climbing conditions are as good as I've ever seen on Mt. Rainier!"

Way to go team!!!

June 15 update

The snow conditions have stabilized recently and we are hoping for great weather the next few days! We anticipate with good weather we will see quite a few teams summit this week and next.

Last week our 4 day Emmons climb made the summit on June 8th, way to go team!! It was tough breaking trail in the new snow & with some wind, but they made it!

Rainier Weather

A mixed bag on weather thus far this season. Precip is back but here is nice shot from Charlie a few days ago.

Alpine Ascents 1st summit of the season

First Alpine Ascents Rainier summit of the season, 1/2 an hour ago. Full team to the top in good weather !

Our first Rainier program of the year, our Denali Prep, returned and reported good conditions from Paradise to Camp Muir. The snow level at Paradise is about 4 feel less than normal this time of year. Winds were very strong at Camp Muir, and the avalanche danger above was significant, so our group elected not to make a summit attempt.