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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.
Everest 2020 Canceled due to Fears of Coronavirus Hitting Base Camps
Everest 2020 Expedition Canceled With a heavy heart, we are announcing the cancelation of our Everest 2020 expedition. Today China announced that it has shut down the Tibet side…
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Choosing your Ice Axe
Part 2: If you grab your crampons, chances are you’ll want an ice axe too. {Read Part 1: How to Pick Crampons} Ice Axes and Crampons often go hand…
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Road to Everest: Intermediate Peaks
Intermediate peaks are a critical component on the Road to Everest. Once a climber has completed the preceding components of taking intro courses and climbing intro peaks, they are ready…
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Let the Countdown to Everest Season Begin!
It’s time to talk about Everest On paper, an expedition to the north side of Everest comprises of just 35 days on the Alpenglow Expeditions climbing calendar. That said, the…
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How to pick Crampons?
While the use for crampons is all the same, not all crampons are created equally. Some are made from aluminum, others from steel. Some have 8 points, others 14….
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Backcountry Education: What’s the next step?
Whether it’s your first year in the skin track or your fifth, now is the time to plan to get backcountry educated! We get a lot of questions from…
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10 Next Steps after your AIARE 1 Avalanche Course
Words by Tim Mincey So you just finished an AIARE 1 course. Congrats! Nice work taking a huge step in your avalanche education, and making yourself a much more valuable…
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5 Reasons to Climb Aconcagua with Alpenglow Expeditions
You’ve gotten a taste of high altitude in Ecuador, Peru or Bolivia – and now you’re probably thinking about your next step in the high peaks of the world. Whether…
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Sam Kieckhefer’s First Cotopaxi Rapid Ascent™
On November 26 Alpenglow Operations Manager Sam Kieckhefer departed for Quito, Ecuador to join his first Cotopaxi Rapid Ascent™ Expedition. After becoming a member of the Alpenglow staff last spring,…
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Top 10 Preseason Backcountry Reminders
Bring it on Old Man Winter! If you’ve been watching the weather in Tahoe, you probably know that we have yet to receive our first significant snowfall of the 2019-20…
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