Black Diamond Avalanche Kit Review with Chris Dickson, Mountain Trip avalanche educator and backcountry ski guide There are a number of tools to choose from when managing avalanche risk in the backcountry. In the video below, one of our avalanche educators and backcountry ski guides will walk you through key features of the Black…
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This just in from our guide, Fischer Hazen, on our 2021 Mount Everest team. I think I have found my new favorite high-altitude climbing boot. Full disclosure, I am a huge fan of La Sportiva, as their boots fit my feet well. I use them for all my shoe needs from climbing shoes to running…
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Training for Denali and Big Mountains Are you thinking about climbing Denali, but maybe not sure if you’re ready? Don’t be intimidated—it’s a big, cold arctic mountain, but with the right training, climbing Denali is an attainable goal! We realize it can be difficult to determine if you’re ready for Denali, so we’ll try to…
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Waking up slowly in my tent on the slopes on Kilimanjaro, I heard camp beginning to stir. Local guides, porters and climbers started to emerge from their tents dotting the Shira I campsite. From a variety of different directions, the common Swahili greeting “Jambo” was being tossed around. In varying degrees of pre-coffee stupor, some…
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“Ham and Eggs” By Nick Aiello-Popeo, 2017 While most visitors to the Central Alaska Range toil under heavy loads on Denali’s West Buttress, some of us prefer the relatively-smaller surrounding peaks, with their steeper faces and lighter backpacks. It was during my first trip up Denali in 2010, while flipping through a well-worn guidebook…
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The Dec. 17 Mountain Trip Aconcagua team had a great day of trekking and are now in basecamp. They woke up early this morning and crossed over the Rio Vacas on the backs of the mules, and continued up the valley to basecamp. The team is all doing great and blown away at how…
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Working Your Core The following article was written by Scott Johnston (Uphill Athlete co-founder and coach, co-author of Training for the New Alpinism) for Mountain Trip climbers to understand and execute a proper core strength workout. Whether you are gearing up for a Denali summit, or trying to perfect your winter ski conditioning, Uphill Athlete…
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How do you know if you are ready for Mount Everest? By: Bill Allen Himalaya Program Director (3 time Everest Summiter) The difficulty and challenges involved in a Mount Everest climb have, in some spaces, been totally over-hyped with people equating it with a death defying experience only for the most incredible athletes, and in…
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Step, kick, stab; step, kick, stab; step, kick, stab—so it goes for the majority of long mountaineering expeditions, for days on end, relentlessly uphill. Above 17,000’ (or even above 14,000′) simple tasks like these— raising your boot to the next foothold, jamming your crampons into the snow, and plunging in your ice axe for security…
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We don’t often run trips to Mount Rainer, but we had a special father and son team and were able to get a permit to take them on the mountain. Congratulations to David and Turner for getting to the top of Mount Rainer on their way to summiting the highest peak in all 50 states!…
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