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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.
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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Alpenglow Backcountry Gear Guide
Backcountry skiing and riding may be all about going light, but that doesn’t mean it’s “gear-lite.” You’ll need a lot of specialized equipment to have a safe and successful…
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Top 3 Reasons Mexico is a Great Climbing Destination
Reason numero uno Mexico is close to the United States. When you first learn to climb, or first learn how to do any sport for that matter, you want to…
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New Expedition – Lhakpa Ri Rapid Ascent™
Alpenglow Expeditions is excited to offer a brand new Rapid Ascent expedition to Lhakpa Ri in Tibet. Standing across from the North Face of Mt Everest, Lhakpa Ri is an…
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Cho Oyu Team Update
The Journey to Cho Oyu After months of endurance training, weeks of logistics planning, and days of travel, Alpenglow’s Cho Oyu Rapid Ascent expedition has begun their climb. The…
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What’s in Adrian’s Closet?
“Frostbite is Failure” Interview with Adrian Ballinger: A run-through of every climbing shoe and mountain boot in his arsenal. Mountain guides may be the most shoe-obsessed people on the…
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Everest Lightning Ascent in 14 Days
The Everest Lightning Ascent: Two Weeks to the Top and Back with Alpenglow Expeditions – words by Roxanne Vogel Testing Rapid Ascent When I nervously called Adrian Ballinger in the…
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How do Tahoe Via Ferrata Guides Manage Inherent Risk?
“Is this safe?” As guides, we are often asked the question, “Is this safe?” And, if we were to give you the short answer, it would be “NOPE!” because pretty…
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We are Proud to be an Accredited American Mountain Guides Business
Alpenglow Expeditions is an accredited American Mountain Guides business. In the following interview, Alpenglow’s Lead Guide and Operations Director Logan Talbott breaks down what that means and why it’s important. Logan,…
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Interview: Adrian Ballinger Talks Rapid Ascent
As soon as Adrian returned from his successful #K2no02 mission, we caught up with him for an interview. We asked him all about pre-acclimatizing with Hypoxico and how the Rapid…
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