Stickit - Apr 3, 2013 1:38 pm Date Climbed: May 9, 2006
Good Times
Climbed all night due to bad snow. Great stars and was fun to meet all the clients (RMI) slogging up while we were on descent.
hunterslee - Dec 16, 2011 12:44 am Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
Fun Climb
Nice direct line to the Summit...huge crevasses too!
Vitaliy M. - Jul 29, 2011 4:35 pm Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2010
First out of state
First trip out of state and first time on a real glacier...fun experience with my friends Max and Bryan
zoomloco - Jul 7, 2011 12:02 pm Date Climbed: May 15, 2009
Slog in early season
First day of the season so we had to break a lot of trail in a heavy snow year. We decided to overnight at Muir but because of the snow conditions and traffic getting to Paradise we ended up only being able to sleep for 1 hour there. Should have just left packs and went c2c, 1 hour's sleep is not worth the heavy weight! Tons of slogging, not an interesting route.
Stickit - Aug 18, 2010 3:14 pm Date Climbed: May 10, 2006
Goat Track
Those RMI dudes can sure lay down a trail. Must've been 8 guided parties over a couple of days. Made it pretty easy for us 3. Was warm though so we climbed through the night, summit at 0100, nice night view of Seattle.
That ladder crossing over the crevasse was awesome.
brizza - Jul 5, 2010 4:17 pm Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2010
Ingraham Glacier Direct
Climbed this badboy with Saunders in a complete whiteout. Thank god for a solid bootpack and plenty of wands.
skotty - May 27, 2009 8:55 pm Date Climbed: May 25, 2009
Great climb
Summited via the Ingrham Direct on an amazingly sunny day. A 4-person rope team broke through a bench into a cravase only 20 minutes after my team crossed it. I punced through in another up to my knees. The day before I summited a guide fell into a steam vent on the summit and got airlifed out.
pingzingr - May 18, 2009 12:20 am Date Climbed: May 17, 2009
First Rainier Summit
Summitted with a great crew doing a five-day RMI program. Good snow conditions and great clear weather made this experience wonderful. Could see all the way past Mt Hood to Mt Jefferson in Oregon. Great views from the top. 5.5 hours up to the top.
Some big crevasses with ladders across them courtesy of the guide services and some icefall potential following the direct line up through the ingraham. The DC was shedding a lot of rock though so it's a hard choice - ice fall or rockfall.
Even though one of my partners made this trip twice as difficult as it should've been, this was a great route. Two of the three of us had a great time, and I'll certainly be back.
Redwic - Jun 3, 2007 3:38 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2007
First Summit Attempt A Success!
Beautiful weather and lots of snow made "Ingraham Glacier Direct" the preferred summit route. There were many crevasses that we had to cross along this route; if we had waited another week or two, this route might not have been an option due to the hot sun opening up the crevasses. Reaching the summit made the whole experience, as tiresome as it was, worthwhile. I will never look at that mountain the same way again! WOOHOO!
lukic - Feb 20, 2007 11:02 pm Date Climbed: Apr 23, 2004
Roofed crevasses can be scary!
After turning back above the cleaver due to a late start and extremely warm weather, my partner and I were coming back down the ID when I punched through the roof of a crevasse I didn't see. I fell about 30 meters while roped onto an ice block wedged between crevasse walls. Scary but it was a very good learning experience.
Jim Hinkhouse, Dick Wright, and I summited via Ingraham Direct about a month before the first OSAT climb in June 1991. It was the first of 3 Rainier summit climbs Jim did that month, and two for Dick and I. One of the pictures from that climb appears in the the NorthWest Mountaineering Journal article about Hinkhouse Peak.
http://www.mountaineers.org/nwmj/05/051_Hinkhouse.html
I led a successful OSAT climb up the same route in 2001 - 9 of 12 of us summited, one rope team turned around when 2 climbers had headlamp problems.
Stickit - Apr 3, 2013 1:38 pm Date Climbed: May 9, 2006
Good TimesClimbed all night due to bad snow. Great stars and was fun to meet all the clients (RMI) slogging up while we were on descent.
hunterslee - Dec 16, 2011 12:44 am Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
Fun ClimbNice direct line to the Summit...huge crevasses too!
Vitaliy M. - Jul 29, 2011 4:35 pm Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2010
First out of stateFirst trip out of state and first time on a real glacier...fun experience with my friends Max and Bryan
zoomloco - Jul 7, 2011 12:02 pm Date Climbed: May 15, 2009
Slog in early seasonFirst day of the season so we had to break a lot of trail in a heavy snow year. We decided to overnight at Muir but because of the snow conditions and traffic getting to Paradise we ended up only being able to sleep for 1 hour there. Should have just left packs and went c2c, 1 hour's sleep is not worth the heavy weight! Tons of slogging, not an interesting route.
Stickit - Aug 18, 2010 3:14 pm Date Climbed: May 10, 2006
Goat TrackThose RMI dudes can sure lay down a trail. Must've been 8 guided parties over a couple of days. Made it pretty easy for us 3. Was warm though so we climbed through the night, summit at 0100, nice night view of Seattle.
noahs213 - Jul 8, 2010 10:42 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2010
Success!That ladder crossing over the crevasse was awesome.
brizza - Jul 5, 2010 4:17 pm Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2010
Ingraham Glacier DirectClimbed this badboy with Saunders in a complete whiteout. Thank god for a solid bootpack and plenty of wands.
skotty - May 27, 2009 8:55 pm Date Climbed: May 25, 2009
Great climbSummited via the Ingrham Direct on an amazingly sunny day. A 4-person rope team broke through a bench into a cravase only 20 minutes after my team crossed it. I punced through in another up to my knees. The day before I summited a guide fell into a steam vent on the summit and got airlifed out.
pingzingr - May 18, 2009 12:20 am Date Climbed: May 17, 2009
First Rainier SummitSummitted with a great crew doing a five-day RMI program. Good snow conditions and great clear weather made this experience wonderful. Could see all the way past Mt Hood to Mt Jefferson in Oregon. Great views from the top. 5.5 hours up to the top.
Seth Maciejowski - Mar 9, 2008 10:50 pm
First Rainier SummitSome big crevasses with ladders across them courtesy of the guide services and some icefall potential following the direct line up through the ingraham. The DC was shedding a lot of rock though so it's a hard choice - ice fall or rockfall.
Cascade Scrambler - Jul 30, 2007 12:46 am Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2007
Success despite it allEven though one of my partners made this trip twice as difficult as it should've been, this was a great route. Two of the three of us had a great time, and I'll certainly be back.
Redwic - Jun 3, 2007 3:38 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2007
First Summit Attempt A Success!Beautiful weather and lots of snow made "Ingraham Glacier Direct" the preferred summit route. There were many crevasses that we had to cross along this route; if we had waited another week or two, this route might not have been an option due to the hot sun opening up the crevasses. Reaching the summit made the whole experience, as tiresome as it was, worthwhile. I will never look at that mountain the same way again! WOOHOO!
lukic - Feb 20, 2007 11:02 pm Date Climbed: Apr 23, 2004
Roofed crevasses can be scary!After turning back above the cleaver due to a late start and extremely warm weather, my partner and I were coming back down the ID when I punched through the roof of a crevasse I didn't see. I fell about 30 meters while roped onto an ice block wedged between crevasse walls. Scary but it was a very good learning experience.
osatrik - Aug 15, 2006 5:40 am
My First Rainier SummitJim Hinkhouse, Dick Wright, and I summited via Ingraham Direct about a month before the first OSAT climb in June 1991. It was the first of 3 Rainier summit climbs Jim did that month, and two for Dick and I. One of the pictures from that climb appears in the the NorthWest Mountaineering Journal article about Hinkhouse Peak.
http://www.mountaineers.org/nwmj/05/051_Hinkhouse.html
I led a successful OSAT climb up the same route in 2001 - 9 of 12 of us summited, one rope team turned around when 2 climbers had headlamp problems.