The Mountain Guides at Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. are among the best in the United States. Years of expedition guiding around the world, including some of America's first ventures into the far reaches of the Himalaya, have built a guide core that is unsurpassed. Mount Rainier has long been considered the premiere training ground for Alaskan and Himalayan expeditions, and the guides who have built their reputation here, as well as the reputation of RMI, reflect that history.

Our guides are celebrated teachers and trainers, and are known for their leadership, as well as character – the sort of compassion, enthusiasm and ability to empower others found only in people at the top of their profession. Though their experience is vast, RMI guides still remember their own first steps into the mountains, and place a special emphasis on client care.

Each guide is held to the highest mountain guide training standards, including:

• Medical Training – Wilderness First Responder
• Avalanche Awareness - US Level I and Level II
• Search and Rescue (SAR) - Technical Rescue Training and Mountaineering Search and Reuse Training
• Environmental Education - Leave No Trace

To review each guide biography, please click on the guides' names below.

 BY LAST NAME:    A-I       J-P       R-Z

Owners
Lou Whittaker	Peter Whittaker	Joe Horiskey
The  Guides
Will Amery	Kate Anderson	Peter Anderson	Melissa Arnot	Chris Bamer
Gabriel Barral	Jake Beren	Andy Bond	Jared Bonea	Federico Campanini
Miles Clark	Greg Collins	John Colver	Dave Conlan	Rob Curran
Olivia Cussen	Leon Davis	Mark DeSmet	Paul Edgren	Patrick Erley
Eric Frank	Bob Goodwin	Casey Grom	Dave Hahn	Walter Hailes
Joshua Halloran	Tim Hardin	Clint Helander	Jeff Henderson	Jose Iglesias
Tyler Jones	Joel Kauffman	Andy Kittleson	Josh Kling	Adam Knoff
Katy Laveck	John Lucia	Cara Machacek	Paul Maier	Linden Mallory
Andres Marin	Ward Miller	Ben Mitchell	Robert Montague	John Murkowski
Michael Murphy	Billy Nugent	Brent Okita	Chad Peele	Matt Primomo
John Race	Corey Raivio	Art Rausch	Tyler Reid	Alaina Robertson
Victor Schlimgen	Peter Schoene	Shaun Sears	Jon Shea	Phursumba Sherpa
Jenny Sherry	Steve Sinor	Janelle Smiley	Gary Talcott	Jason Thompson
Pete Van Deventer	Craig Van Hoy	Alex Van Steen	Ed Viesturs	Tino Villanueva
Mike Walter	Seth Waterfall	Ryan Waters	Win Whittaker

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