Monumental 5-Storey High Icefall on Mount Rainier, WA Would’ve Been ‘an Unsurvivable Event’ Recent icefall on Mount Rainier, WA has rattled seismographs, and perhaps the nerves of a few climbers, after collapses on the Ingraham Glacier beginning last Friday. Ice blocks and debris tumbled at least 1,000 vertical feet and across the popular Disappointment Cleaver climbing route, according to the Seattle Times. “The large ice block tumbled in the middle of the night when […] Climbing CragBrains | July 17, 2018 0 Comments
Girls Getting After It: What is SheJumps? Girls night out? Yes, please! If you’re looking for the ultimate gal pal squad SheJumps is for you. Co-founded by professional free-skier, Lynsey Dyer; the ladies at SheJumps have been getting after it since 2007. Their mission: to increase the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities. Whether you’re a never-ever who’s jumping in, a fun gal trying to jump up, or […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | August 1, 2017 0 Comments
Climbing Mount Rainier – Trip Report And Photo Tour July is the high season for Mount Rainier National Park.  The weather is much more stable, wild flowers are blooming, waterfalls are roaring and the snow bridges over the crevasses are still holding. It’s not surprising, that these blue bird days attract hikers and climbers from all over the world. If you want to climb this gorgeous mountain, this is still great […] Climbing Claire Weiss | July 31, 2017 0 Comments
RMI Guide Brent Okita Made Record 520th Climb of Mount Rainier! Have you ever climbed Mount Rainier? Well, there are plenty of people who climbed Mount Rainier once, especially through the “easiest” DC route. But can you imagine to climb this mountain 520 times?! Mountain Rainier is a 14,411 ft stratovolcano in State of Washington, the highest mountain in Cascade range of Pacific Northwest. There are 27 major glaciers on Mount Rainier […] Claire Weiss | July 5, 2017 0 Comments
Crystal Mountain, WA Conditions Report: Cold Groomers then Back to “Normal” With little new snow over the week and persistent cold temps, not much changed here at Crystal Mountain. That is, not much changed until today when temps went up slightly and we got some of that good old “PNW Hot Pow!”  Crystal got the Sasquatch jib park features put into the Mr. Magoo run, but I’d skied my fill of that […] Reid Pitman | December 20, 2016 0 Comments
Cell Phone Service May Come To Paradise, Mount Rainier There might be good news coming for those who enjoy hiking the route to Camp Muir at Mount Rainier National Park. Two providers of cell phone service – Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile – have applied for permission to install wireless communications hubs in the park’s Paradise area to improve their customers’ phone connections there. In proposals that park officials are […] Claire Weiss | December 12, 2016 2 Comments
162-Inches of Snow Forecast for Mount Rainier, WA Next 3 Days Up to 162″ of snow (13.5-feet) is currently forecast to fall on 14,411-foot Mt. Rainer in Washington state in the next 3 days. That huge snowfall total is due to an atmospheric river that will be “slamming” into Washington this weekend. THE PRECIPITATION BULLSEYE OVER MOUNT RAINIER IS MORE THAN 20 INCHES IN 48 HOURS IN THE WETTEST MESOSCALE MODELS. […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 30, 2015 24 Comments
Mount Rainier Speed Record Shattered on Skis Last Week For a long time, Argentine mountain guide Willie Benegas owned the Mt. Rainier speed record.  It’s classically recorded from the Paradise parking (5,400 feet) lot to the summit (14,411 feet) and back via the Disappointment Cleaver route.  Willie ran up and ran down after being acclimatized to the Himalaya and did it in 4 hours and 40 minutes, which is insane. […] Miles Clark | June 13, 2013 6 Comments