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
VIDEO: World Speed Ski Record Without Snow? Not A Problem! It’s summer time in North Hemisphere now, but does it stop skiers from breaking speed records? Well, practically, we still have winter in some parts of the country. Last weekend a snow storm went through the West Coast, bringing several inches of new June snow and the mountain conditions are still a blast, but heat wave is gradually approaching, and some […] Claire Weiss | June 14, 2017 1 Comment
Skiing And Snowboarding In US National Forests Ski resorts began springing up across the country in the 1910s and 1920s. According to the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), by 1930 five ski resorts operated from California to Massachusetts. The next decade saw fifty resorts open, including Sun Valley, Alta, and Stowe. Over the next three decades, the ski industry exploded, 82 resorts opened from 1940-1960, with […] Industry News Claire Weiss | May 11, 2017 0 Comments
Legendary Mountain Climber, Ueli Steck, Died Near Everest On Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxEtJoK0-jA Ueli Steck, a famous Swiss rock climber and mountaineer died Sunday in an accident near Mount Everest. All climbers and mountaineering communities will remember Ueli. He was not only a talented mountaineer, he was a legendary person, who has set several climbing speed records. He summited Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and summited all Alpine peaks higher than 4000 m […] Claire Weiss | April 30, 2017 0 Comments
35-Years Since Deadly Alpine Meadows, CA Avalanche “The blizzard had hit the Sierra Nevada the previous Saturday evening, and it had been snowing steadily—and hard—for the past four days. With two to three feet of new snow falling daily, by that Wednesday morning the storm had dumped nearly seven and a half feet of new snow on top of an existing 89-inch base.” — A Wall of […] Claire Weiss | March 31, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Dog On World Cup Ski Cross Did you think of going cross-country skiing with your dog? Yes, it’s not a surprise anymore. Our dogs are family members and they share our favorite activities. But did you think your dog could join Olympic ski cross or World Cup? Well, looks like it’s possible in Quebec City! This week Ski Cross held in Quebec was joined […] Industry News Claire Weiss | March 22, 2017 0 Comments
How To Train Yourself To Step On The Top Of The World while living in Colorado Everybody knows about Mount Everest and some of us may even dreamed to step up on top of the world. But only few people actually climbed that mountain. “On the summit day, you feel like you’re really, totally on the edge. If anything goes wrong — it was scarier than I thought it would be.” –Doctor Tracee Metcalfe Here is […] Claire Weiss | March 21, 2017 0 Comments
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