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Expedition News & Dispatches
- Aconcagua Summit! Corey Raivio and his team were on the summit January 3rd, 2009. Congratulations to them! To follow their adventure read their Trip Dispatches.
- Climb Rainier in 2009! We kicked off our Mt. Rainier season on January 4th with an Expedition Skills Seminar - Winter. The team is learning valuable mountaineering skills, which is great training for Mt. McKinley and other big mountains. Training has been in Ashford at the Rainier BaseCamp this week. Mt. Rainier National Park has received a lot of new snow, endured a windstorm, and now rain. These conditions have made for a high avalanche danger and the road to Paradise has not been open so far this week. The seminar will be in Ashford for training until later in the week. Summer programs are filling up. If you plan on climbing Mt. Rainier in 2009, please visit our Program Calendar to view dates and availability for all our programs. Then contact our office at 888-892-5462 to make your reservation.
- Photo Contest Winner! We are proud to present to you the winner of our first photo contest. Congratulations to Paul Harrington of California who narrowly won this issue's contest. Find out more here in our December eNewsletter issue.
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier reservations are currently underway.
Looking for the perfect introduction to mountaineering? Try one of our Expedition Skills Seminars. We pioneered these multi-day, on-mountain instructional programs to prepare climbers for expeditions to other mountains.
RMI also offers programs on another northwest peak - Mt. Shuksan.
Mt. McKinley
The 2009 season marks the 34th consecutive year RMI has been leading expeditions to the summit of the highest mountain in North America, 20,320' Denali. In 2008 twelve of thirteen RMI expeditions reached the summit. A heavy snow pack in the Alaska Range, plus cooperative weather at high camp, contributed to our safety and success.
The 2009 Mount McKinley Dates are now available and we are taking reservations. If you have any questions about our Alaska programs, give our office a call and talk to Joe Horiskey who has logged 23 expeditions on this mountain alone.
International Programs
We offer high quality trips led by enthusiastic and experienced guides to numerous destinations including:
Upcoming Programs
The fall and winter climbing season is underway with trips departing soon for Mexico, Ecuador and Aconcagua. Come join us!
Setting the standard in Mountain guiding excellence since 1969.
Getting safely up and down mountains is just the beginning of the story at Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. (RMI). Founded by legendary Northwest mountaineers and staffed by the most experienced and talented guides in America, RMI has built a three-decade long legacy of safe, successful, and enjoyable mountaineering adventures.
Experience matters in the mountains, and that is exactly what we have gained over the last 38 years. There is no substitute for the years of expedition guiding around the world, 250 Mt. McKinley Expeditions, over 70,000 climbers on Mount Rainier, and some of America's first ventures into the far reaches of the Himalaya.
*Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. operates within Mount Rainier National Park under a contract with the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. RMI is also an authorized concessionaire of Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska, to conduct guided ascents of Mount McKinley.