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Whole team summits Mount Rainier!

Photo pulled from the Madison Mountaineering archive. (Photo by Terray Sylvester)

100% summit success on the highest peak in Washington! The Madison Mountaineering Mount Rainier team left Ingraham Flats under clear, starry skies as they started up the climbing route. The team navigated technical terrain and were treated with an epic sunrise as they neared the summit, ultimately topping out and enjoying the moment and views with all of Washington below them. Congratulations to the entire team on safely and successfully reaching the summit of Mount Rainier! Team leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this final dispatch for the 2025 Mount Rainier team:

Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Rainier (4390m/14,410ft) climb with Ed Viesturs – today is August 22nd.

Yesterday morning, we topped out in perfect weather on Washington’s highest peak! The entire team summited, 100% success rate. Conditions were excellent! We left the Ingraham Flats (3383m/11,100ft) at about 1:00 am and summited not long after sunrise. We had beautiful, starry-skies and had a beautiful sunrise just as we were approaching the crater rim. Then, we descended all the way back down to Paradise (1646m/5,400ft) yesterday evening, and our climbers are all headed home!

So, all in all it was another great trip on Mount Rainier.

Guide Terray Sylvester on the summit with Ed Viesturs and our climber, Jared!

Guide Terray Sylvester on the summit with Ed Viesturs and our climber, Jared!

Guide Peter Horsman on the summit with climbers, Lewis and Sarah!

Guide Peter Horsman on the summit with climbers, Lewis and Sarah!

In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:

– Amazon Alexa devices with the Madison Mountaineering Flash Briefing skill:

  • Enable the skill and add to your flash briefing to hear our daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions.  Just say, “Alexa, play my flash briefing.“

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Primed and ready to go for the summit!

Photo pulled from the Madison Mountaineering archive. (Photo by Terray Sylvester)

The Madison Mountaineering Mount Rainier team practiced glacier travel skills in preparation of the summit push ahead! Walking in crampons, traveling as a rope team, self arrest and more are essential skills needed for traveling on any glacier, and ones that the team will certainly put to use when they start their climb soon. After finishing up class, the team packed up camp and headed for Ingraham Flats – the next stop on their way to the summit. The team has had beautiful weather so far, and more of the same forecasted for the days ahead! Team leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from Mount Rainier:

Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Rainier (4390m/14,410ft) climb with Ed Viesturs – today is August 20.

Today, we did a little bit of snow school at Camp Muir (3105m/10,188ft) after we woke up. We practiced crampon technique, rope team travel, self arrest and other essentials for glacier mountaineering. Then, we hiked on up to Ingraham Flats (3383m/11,100ft).

The whole day the weather’s been really nice! Last night, there was no wind at Camp Muir. Today, we have clear skies above a broken cloud layer. And yeah, really beautiful views!

So right now, we’re just relaxing here at the flats. We’ll have dinner in a bit, and then we’ll wake up early in the morning for our alpine start for our summit push. It looks like good weather in the forecast tomorrow – low winds and ideal temperatures.

So, all is well here on Mount Rainier! We’ll be in touch tomorrow.

In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:

– Amazon Alexa devices with the Madison Mountaineering Flash Briefing skill:

  • Enable the skill and add to your flash briefing to hear our daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions.  Just say, “Alexa, play my flash briefing.“

– Instagram:

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Mount Rainier team is off!

Photo pulled from the Madison Mountaineering archive. (Photo by Terray Sylvester)

The Madison Mountaineering Mount Rainier team started their climb by moving up from Paradise to Camp Muir with near perfect climbing conditions, making good time and with excellent views along the way! After settling into their camp for the night, the team enjoyed a nice dinner together while taking in the views of the volcanoes that sit to the south of Mount Rainier, amongst other peaks. The team is off to a great start and looks forward to continuing up the route tomorrow! Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from Camp Muir:

Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Rainier (4390m/14,410ft) climb with Ed Viesturs – today is August 19.

Today, we climbed from Paradise (1646m/5,400ft) up to Camp Muir (3105m/10,188ft). We had pretty much perfect climbing conditions! It was really nice, it wasn’t too hot, we had some cloud cover to keep us cool on the way up the Muir snowfield. We arrived in Camp Muir around 2:30 and since then, we’ve been relaxing, enjoying dinner, and enjoying the sunset views out over the Tatoosh Range toward Goat Rocks and Mount Adams (3743m/12,281ft), Mount Hood (3429m/11,249ft), Mount St. Helens (2549m/8,363ft) – all the beautiful sights from the south side of Mount Rainier!

Tomorrow, we’re looking forward to moving up to Ingraham Flats (3383m/11,100ft)!

So, all is well. We’ll be in touch tomorrow!

In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:

– Amazon Alexa devices with the Madison Mountaineering Flash Briefing skill:

  • Enable the skill and add to your flash briefing to hear our daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions.  Just say, “Alexa, play my flash briefing.“

– Instagram:

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