June 8, 2010 IMG Guide Greg Vernovage called in from Camp Schurman on Mt. Rainier this afternoon to let us know they’re enjoying some good weather, albeit a touch windy. After a nice approach hike yesterday to their first camp they woke up nice and early this morning to get a good start on the […]
Archive: June, 2010
Avalanche On Mt. Rainier June 5th, 2010
June 8, 2010 Many of you have heard there was a significant avalanche on the Ingraham Glacier early in the morning Saturday June 5th. We have had some inquiries about this particular avalanche event and also about avalanche hazard on the mountain in general. Here are a few of the FAQs. Was IMG involved in […]
Bona Team Safely Off The Mountain
June 2, 2010 It turns out the team made it to within 250 vertical feet of the summit this time before being shut down by the weather. They descended back down to high camp in white out conditions. The group rested, packed up camp and headed down to base camp at 3:30 pm, arriving in […]
Bona Team Shutout
June 1, 2010 Mark called in this afternoon with a brief update: The team left High Camp for the summit this morning around 7am. After a few hours of climbing they pulled the plug and turned around as another storm rolled forcing them back to camp in whiteout conditions. Everybody is doing just fine and […]
Bona Update
June 1, 2010 Mark Allen called in this morning to report that they were stalled at High Camp overnight, but will give it one more go today keeping in mind they need to be back at BC tomorrow for their rendezvous and flight out. More to come… Tye Chapman