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.
Summits and Rescues
Our 14th season in Peru and on Alpamayo has been both a lot of fun and very challenging. While one of our team members, Steve, along with lead guide Jaime…
Read the storyBack at Alpamayo Base Camp
All of our team are safely back at Base Camp. Today and tonight will be spent recouping from the stress of summit day and the rescue of other climbers. Tomorrow,…
Read the storyAlpamayo Summit – and more
Just received a satellite phone call from Alpamayo, with the good news that Steve, Desiree and Adrian reached the summit yesterday. Rob and Jaime made the tough but right decision…
Read the storyMoving up on Alpamayo
The Alpamayo team has been in basecamp for a couple of days and is pushing up to Moraine Camp after a training day lower on the mountain. The team consists…
Read the storyTeam Begins Summit Bid
The team left Base Camp this morning to begin their summit bid. The plan is for them to arrive in Camp I today (Nov. 4th), climb to Camp 2.7 tomorrow,…
Read the story8 Summit Ama Dablam!
Eight out of nine team members summited Ama Dablam in conditions so perfect that they were able to spend an hour taking photos on the sunny, windless peak. Good decisions…
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Ixta!
The Alpenglow team in Mexico began their trip by exploring Mexico City, followed by a day of travel to the mountains. They went for an acclimatization hike today up to…
Read the storyAll Summit Orizaba!
After enduring extraordinarily high winds on Ixta, the team was given a break with mere 50 mph winds on Orizaba! Although the gusts remained high, the skies were clear, and…
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