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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.

A climber with a blue backpack climbing with Alpenglow Expeditions descends from Camp 1 through tall white snow penitentes on Aconcagua

Aconcagua Update: Team Pauses at Base Camp to Dodge the Wind

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Unraveling the Complexity of Tahoe’s Snowpack: A Closer Look at the Avalanche Forecast

Snowpack observations and avalanche forecast in Lake Tahoe from a mountain guide’s perspective.
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How To Start Backcountry Touring In Lake Tahoe

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Leadership Sets Us Apart On Everest

Our Mount Everest expedition leader, Adrian Ballinger, has 8 summits of Everest, and has been guiding on the mountain for over a decade.
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A closeup of a climbing guide from Alpenglow Expeditions holding an orange colored rope in their hands as they explain glacier travel to a nearby student in Lake Tahoe

How Our Guides Take Advantage Of The Underwhelming Snowpack

While Tahoe’s snowpack may be underwhelming, these are the perfect conditions for technical skills courses like Ice Climbing, Intro to Mountaineering, Glacier Travel & Crevasse Rescue, and Backcountry 3.0: Intro to Ski Mountaineering!
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Gasherbrum II Route

Gasherbrum II is the perfect 8,000m peak to climb in the Karakoram Range, here is how our Rapid Ascent Expedition’s climbing route.
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Private Bolivia Expedition Updates

Read Private Bolivia expedition updates from Guide Mike Pond as they summit peak after peak in Bolivia!
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Climbers learning high-altitude mountaineering skills on a volcano in Ecuador at sunrise as part of Alpenglow Expedition's Ecuador Climbing School.

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Revolutionizing High-Altitude Mountaineering: Adrian Ballinger’s Lightning Ascents of Cho Oyu & Everest

This blog encapsulates the groundbreaking achievements and innovative approaches of Adrian Ballinger’s Lightning Ascents, highlighting the transformational impact of these expeditions on high-altitude mountaineering.
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Have you failed on the South Side of Mount Everest?

There are many small factors that can lead to a successful or failed attempt on Everest. The south side of Everest, however, has many more factors that lend themselves to failure than the North Side.
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