Stories
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.
New route on Peak 11,300- Ruth Glacier, Alaska Range
Mike Pond is one of our incredible guides here at Alpenglow. He began guiding for us locally in California, and recently guided our 2022 Denali Expedition, and 2022 Bolivia…
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What Does A Pro Guide Carry Into the Backcountry?
Alpenglow Expeditions Ski Guide Peter Terwilliger answer the question: What’s In My Ski Pack? With so much outdoor gear on the scene, it can be hard to know what you need…
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What to Carry in Your Ski Repair Kit
Alpenglow Expeditions Ski Guide Peter Terwilliger shares what he carries in his backcountry repair kit. A repair kit is an often overlooked piece of equipment that we should always carry…
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Educating Local Youth Through Alpenglow’s Teen AIARE 1
Is your teen interested in getting into the backcountry? As a parent, it can be worrisome to think about sending your child out beyond the boundaries of the resort. As…
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Ski, Ride, and Get Educated with Alpenglow Expeditions
Alpenglow Expeditions strives to facilitate unique, exhilarating, educational, and responsible ski experiences for locals and visitors alike in the Lake Tahoe area. As such, we offer a diverse variety of…
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Snowpack Update 12/6/22
Written by Sam Kieckhefer Oh what a sierra storm can do! In less than 7 days, the Tahoe area has received nearly 5 feet of new snow at the upper…
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Snowpack Update 12/3/22
Alpenglow Guide Peter Terwilliger provides an update on the current snowpack conditions. We toured into some of our local Truckee/Tahoe terrain today to assess how our much-anticipated new snow was…
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New Course: Avalanche 1 Refresher
Written by Sam Kieckhefer, Alpenglow Guide When did you take your last avalanche course? Has it been a few years? Just like the snowpack, weather, and conditions are constantly changing,…
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Snowpack Update – 11/28/22
Written by Alpenglow Guide and AIARE Instructor Sam Kieckhefer here to provide an update on the state of the snowpack prior to an incoming storm. As we close out November…
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Snowpack Update – 11/20/22
Written by Peter Terwilliger, Alpenglow Guide We went out for a tour today to inspect conditions along the Andesite ridge and around the Castle Peak area of Donner Pass. Quickly…
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