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  • Home
  • Trips
    • ALASKA
      • DENALI
        • West Buttress
        • Private Denali Expeditions
        • West Rib
        • Cassin Ridge
        • AK Range Ski Camps
      • COURSES
        • Pre-Trip Refresher
        • 7-Day Alaska Mountaineering Course
        • 12-Day Alaska Mountaineering Course
        • Advanced Alpine Climbing Course
      • MOUNT FORAKER
      • MOUNT HUNTER
      • ALASKA TECHNICAL ROUTES
    • INTERNATIONAL
      • ACONCAGUA
      • CARSTENSZ PYRAMID
      • ELBRUS
      • KILIMANJARO
      • HIMALAYA
        • Everest
        • Everest Base Camp Trek
        • Island Peak
      • MOUNT VINSON
      • CUSTOM & PRIVATE TRIPS
    • COLORADO SUMMER
      • TELLURIDE VIA FERRATA
      • OURAY VIA FERRATA
      • ROCK CLIMBING
      • PEAK ASCENTS
      • ALPINE TREKKING & OVERNIGHT TREKS
    • COLORADO WINTER
      • BACKCOUNTRY SKIING
        • Intro to Backcountry Skiing
        • Guided Backcountry Skiing
        • Sidecountry Skiing
        • Backcountry Ski Hut Trips
        • Bridal Veil Backcountry Ski Camp
        • Women’s Backcountry Ski Camp
      • AVALANCHE EDUCATION
        • Avalanche Rescue Course
        • Level 1 Avalanche Course
        • Level 2 Avalanche Course
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When is the best time to climb Denali?

Guide's CornerBy Mountain TripJanuary 19, 20175 Comments

The question “When is the best time to climb Denali” is not an easy one to answer, and one that we get nearly every day here at the Mountain Trip HQ, what we call the “million dollar question”.   Todd Rutledge, co-owner of Mountain Trip and Denali guide for over 20 years put together the following…

Leave No Trace in an Alpine Environment

Training and PreparationBy Mountain TripJanuary 17, 2017Leave a comment

We are sharing this post from the National Park Service about Leave No Trace in the Alpine and Arctic Environments. We love the mountain environments that we get to play and work in and take our stewardship of those place seriously.  Our guides are trained in Leave No Trace practices, but it takes everyone to…

denali and kahiltna glacier

Training for Mountaineering – What is Endurance?

Training and PreparationBy Mountain TripNovember 8, 2016Leave a comment

Training for Mountaineering Preparing to climb a big mountain like Denali or Mount Everest requires a lot of work and is a huge investment in time and money.  Training for mountaineering is primarily about endurance, but how do you build that endurance, and what is endurance? We strive to ensure that climbers who join us…

jaahnavi

Reflections on the 2016 Denali Season

People & PlacesBy Mountain TripAugust 3, 2016Leave a comment

I received a phone call from a climber yesterday who had been on one of our Denali expeditions this summer. While looking back at his photos from the expedition, wanted to reach out and share a story about passing around the infamous Windy Corner at around 13,400’ on the West Buttress Route.  He thanked us…

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  • 2016 PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK
  • In consideration of the services of Mountain Trip International LLC, their agents, owners, officers, volunteers, participants, employees, and all other persons or entities acting in any capacity on their behalf (hereinafter collectively referred to as "MTI"), I hereby agree to release, indemnify, and discharge MTI, on behalf of myself, my spouse, my children, my parents, my heirs, assigns, personal representative and estate as follows:

    1. I acknowledge that mountaineering in foreign countries entails known and unanticipated risks that could result in physical or emotional injury, paralysis, death, or damage to myself, to property, or to third parties. I understand that such risks simply cannot be eliminated without jeopardizing the essential qualities of the activity.

    The risks include, among other things: the hazards of walking on uneven terrain and slips and falls; being struck by rock fall, icefall or other objects dislodged or thrown from above; the use of climbing ropes and equipment; the forces of nature, including lightning, weather changes and avalanche; the risks of falling off the rock, mountain or into a crevasse; the risks of exposure to insect bites; encounters with animals and wildlife; the risk of altitude and cold including hypothermia, frostbite, acute mountain sickness, cerebral and pulmonary edema; travel in remote areas with poor or no access to emergency and/or medical services; consumption of food or drink; and improper lifting or carrying; my own physical condition, and the physical exertion associated with this activity. Foreign countries have their own laws and standards of acceptable conduct; food and water related illnesses; foreign political, legal, social, transportation, health, and economic conditions; different standards of design, safety, and maintenance of buildings, public places, and conveyances; local & medical facilities and providers; weather conditions; criminal activity, environmental hazards; standards of living and health standards that are not equivalent to life in the United States.

    Furthermore, MTI employees have difficult jobs to perform. They seek safety, but they are not infallible. They might be unaware of a participant's fitness or abilities. They might misjudge the weather, other environmental conditions. They might misjudge whether the terrain is safe for travel or where or when an avalanche may occur. They may give incomplete warnings or instructions, and the equipment being used might malfunction.

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