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Mountain adventures create the best stories, and we want to share some of ours with you. Dive into Alpenglow Stories to stay up to date on expeditions in the field, read blogs, and get tips and tricks from guides.

Climbing a Classic High Sierra Traverse in Just 2 Days

Written by Mike Pond, Photos by Lorenzo Riano 40 hours, 20 miles, 13,804 feet of elevation gain, Five 14ers, one epic adventure There are many ways a climb can be…
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Adrian has a plan for Everest 2022

  Confidence in April 2022 Alpenglow has confidence that Tibet will open for our Everest North Side 2022 expedition next April. We’re having good communications with our local partners in…
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Who Can Climb the Tahoe Via?

Written by Isaac Laredo You can climb the Tahoe Via! Whether you are a seasoned multi-pitch rock climber or a family of four, the Tahoe Via is designed to provide…
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3 Reasons Adrian Ballinger Thinks You Should Climb Aconcagua

  Rapid Ascent™ distills the expedition down to all its highlights By preacclimatizing at home before the start of the trip, our teams spend a mere 14 days attempting Aconcagua,…
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Climb or ski Mount Shasta with our professional Lake Tahoe mountain guides

Mt Shasta – The Jewel of Northern California

  Rising almost 10,000ft above the surrounding terrain, Mt. Shasta is a true gem of California. Its smooth slopes and craggy ridges that fall for thousands of feet in all…
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A roped climbing team of three ascends a steep snow field on a volcano in Ecuador.

Intro to Mountaineering and Glacier Travel & Crevasse Rescue Equipment Lists

It’s about that time of year where we kick off our mountaineering education programs, and we’re stoked! Below we’ll go over some of the equipment you’ll need for the Intro…
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Backcountry Skiing in Chile with Sydney Duncan

  Sydney Duncan spends her winters in Tahoe as a ski guide and AIARE Avalanche Course instructor. In summer, she migrates north, alpine guiding in the Cascades. This September, she’s…
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Backcountry Tips from our Guides

We may love skiing pow at Alpenglow, but we LOVE backcountry safety even more. We asked our guide team to give us one of their favorite backcountry safety tips, check it out:  …
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How To Run an International Mountaineering Program during a Pandemic

These are uncertain times. While we can’t eliminate all the variables, our team has done a lot of legwork to make it possible to travel as responsibly as possible given…
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Alpenglow Expeditions Rental Fitting Guide

Renting ski equipment from our rental fleet but aren’t quite sure what sizes you need? No worries, we can help out with that. It can be hard to get the…
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