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Lizard Head Peak 13,113ft

Date: September 18, 2015 Route: SW Chimney 5.8 TH: Cross Mountain Time: 10:05 total Distance: 10.1 miles El gain: 3,060 ft. Gear: 70m rope, standard double rack and a single #4 was plenty for pitch 1, and a ½ rack plus the #4 for the final pitch Lizard head is a classic ascent that ranks…

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September 24, 2015Leave a commentMountain Trip Blog, People & Places
18500 feet on Aconcagua

Aconcagua – Looking Back Over Two Decades of Climbing the Mountain

As guides, we often have opportunities to go to remarkable places around the globe. It’s hard to pick real favorite trips, but whenever I think about trips that are generally just plain fun and enjoyable, I tend to think of Aconcagua. My first time up the mountain was in 1996, when my mentor on Denali,…

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September 9, 2015Leave a commentPeople & Places

Trip Report Ecuador Volcanoes August 2015

I’m just back from a great couple of weeks climbing volcanoes and traveling around the beautiful country of Ecuador with Greg, Vanessa, and Nick Blasic. We met in Quito and made the requisite tourist visits to the Mitad del Mundo (the Equator line), and beautiful historic Old Town Quito. It was my first visit to…

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August 28, 20151 CommentMountain Trip Blog, People & Places

Trip Report for Dallas Peak

Dallas Peak, CO 13,809ft   Date: July 23, 2015 TH: Mill Creek Time: 11:40 total Distance: 10.1 miles El gain: 4,420ft Gear: 60m rope, #.5 – #1 Camalots, set of nuts   Dallas Peak is a exciting adventure comprising of some excellent single track trail, off trail hiking and a great deal of 3rd classing…

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August 7, 20151 CommentMountain Trip Blog, People & Places

TODD Talks – With Nick Shepherd

Mountain Trip seeks the best guides in the business. Our guides are well traveled, highly knowledgeable, professional and awesome people. But, don’t take it from us, get to know our guides for yourself!  Nick Shepherd joined the Mountain Trip family in 2006 and epitomizes the adventurous spirit of the guiding life.  Nick packs a lot…

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June 26, 2015Leave a commentMountain Trip Blog, News, People & Places

Join a Denali West Buttress Trip in June!

Due to some last minute cancellations we’ve got a couple of spaces available in our otherwise sold out Denali season.  If you are considering climbing Denali this year, give us a call or email we have space on June 7th and 17th expeditions. This could be a great opportunity for the right climber who is…

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May 20, 2015Leave a commentMountain Trip Blog, News, People & Places

Denali Season!!

Denali season is upon us!  2015 marks the 40th year that Mountain Trip has been guiding on Denali.  No other guide service has guided continuously for so long on North America’s tallest peak. We are looking at another busy season on the mountain, with 19 teams preparing to attempt what is arguably the most challenging…

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May 6, 2015Leave a commentMountain Trip Blog, News, People & Places

TODD Talks – with Jacob Schmitz

Mountain Trip seeks the best guides in the business. Our guides are well traveled, highly knowledgeable, professional and awesome people. But, don’t take it from us, get to know our guides for yourself! Jacob Schmitz chose to become a mountain guide in the late 90s while working in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park. He…

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February 25, 2015Leave a commentMountain Trip Blog, People & Places

New Carstensz Pyramid Helicopter Access!!

We’ve had somewhat of a breakthrough in our ability to provide reliable helicopter access in and out of the range for our Carstensz Pyramid Expeditions!  As problems have mounted with the trekking trips into Carstensz Base Camp with local people and rebel groups extorting money and holding trekkers hostage, the helicopter access has become even…

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September 12, 2014Leave a commentMountain Trip Blog, News

TODD TALKS: with Ben Adkison, Guide, Photographer, Instructor

It takes a bit of effort to track down some of our guides, and among the hardest to keep track of is Ben Adkison!  Ben has been guiding for Mountain Trip in 2011 and guided two teams up Denali for us this past summer.  Immediately before heading to Alaska, he had been in Africa and…

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July 29, 20141 CommentMountain Trip Blog, Tips and Ideas
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