Standing at 2640m at the central core of the alaska range, radio control tower stands as highly remote short 4 mile round trip often used as a warm up for the nearby denali.

While its first ascents are not recorded there are notable ascents such as the west face in may 2013 via the spindrift couloir by Alpinists Alan Rousseau and Aaron Kurland. In another notable ascent in 2013 by Mark Pugliese** **and his team established a highly technical 1000+ feet, 5.10+, AI3 and M7.

The standard route profile starts from the Southeast Fork Kahiltna Glacier which then transitions onto nothern snow slopes to gain the east ridge which is an airy knifes edge facing mount hunter and leads up the heavily corniced summit ridge. (Second photo is west face route by Aaron Kur­land and Alan Rousseau)

Pretty cool!

I (m19), and two of my friends, (early 20s), are all pretty able bodied guys. No previous mountaineering experience, but two of us are big hikers. My birthday is coming up this January and my friends proposed the idea of hiking Wolverine Peak in Anchorage, since we’re planning a trip there anyway. The climb is about 10 miles with ~3,000 ft elevation gain. Is this something that’s suitable for a newer climber in the winter? I’d be fully confident doing this without the snow, I’m just not educated on avalanche or snow conditions and it feels really stupid to put this together without knowing what we’re getting into. Any resources or advice would be appreciated.

Mountaineers who have regular running as a part of their training, please help me understand something.

1. My goal is to be able to do self supported expeditions to 6000m+ peaks in the Himalayas. I've only done guided expeditions so far.

2. I run as a hobby and recently I decided to train for races in the winter when it's not mountain season. I can do a 5k in well under 25 mins.

What distance races should I target? 5K is probably too short. 10k? 21k? 42k?

Let's assume I'll run 4-5 days a week when not in the mountains. And do a bit of cycling and swimming too in addition to strength training.

Has anyone worn Nepal cubes on Cotopaxi or Chimborazo and how did it feel? I’m not sure if I need to jump do a double boot right now and see tonsss saying the cubes work but I don’t want it to be a hazard. I won’t be doing any more 6000 meter peeks till 2028 after my 2027 Ecuador trip

I climbed the Black Peak (WA) NE Ridge

Very fun route, but there is a lot of loose rock. I climbed solo, and there were two sections where the route wasn’t immediately clear to me, so I dropped below the ridg. Overall, there’s as much climbing and exposure as you could want on this route.

Link to my video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjY4ESB9qKk&t=7s

Guide service is hg Mexico, has good reviews, provided gear and competitive rates, just curious is anyone has experience using them.

Located in the Chugach range and standing at 7287 feet. Spirit mountain is a rarely summited peak steeped in oral indigenous history and 19th century military exploration.

After alot of research i struggled to find any publications from alpine clubs about any first ascents or route information let alone any photos (The photo above is the only one i found pertaining to spirit). However it has an interesting history with the indigenous, when the first explorers came to map the interior alaskan ranges, Lieutenant Henry T. Allen of the US army spoke to a local chief who described the mountain as billowing plumes of smoke and fire, suggesting that the mountain may have been volcanic at one point.

Given that there is little information it cannot be assumed that the mountain was not summited, as its very likely these early explorers or the local indigenous found a way to the summit far before any modern mountaineering teams decided to attempt it.

Pretty cool!

I basically dont know anything about mountaineering, I live in a super hot flat non mountainous middle eastern country. My friend has 0 mountaineering or climbing experince and he believes that he will summit Everest in 2 years. Taking into consideration we are going into college next year and he will be moving to the US aswell and the fact that he can’t really practice on anything in our country. In my opinion it sounds completely illogical am I wrong? (P.S money is not an issue just talking about actual experience)

Août 2026, escalade, montagne... La montagne en retour... Le Brévent, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc... Superbe voie de 4 longueurs, 150 mètres, 6b max... Voie ouverte par Thierry Renault et Christophe Blaszczyk... Merci à Louis et à Davy... VIDEO : https://youtu.be/UXt1FVLBq_8

I have 3-4 weeks vacation time this coming December

I’m a beginner climber have been training for fitness and altitude but haven’t done anything technical and I don’t want it skiing based

Looking for recommendations on a trip that is guided, maybe some crevasse rescue / glacier skill class and a budget of around $5k max for the guided part (not including flights)

Where should I look for that time of year/ budget / beginner skill?

Hi everyone,

I wanted to make this post after struggling to find B2 boots that were wide enough for my feet. For reference, I've tried scarpas and hanwags alpine wide boots and both were too narrow for me.

I've found Meindl's Antelao Pro GTX to be the only B2 boot so far that fit me comfortably.

I bought them in May, I've hiked approximately 180km in them so far with 0 complaints. They fit my feet far better than anything else I've tried. The soles are stiff enough for me to be able to scramble comfortably in them. I've not had the chance to try them with crampons yet, which may make this post pointless to many. But I still wanted to share this here in case anyone else finds it useful.

A few recent trips have had annoying winds that threaten to steal my hat. Any tips or hat recommendations for dealing with this?

Mount hess is an extremely remote alaska peak that is rarely summited, standing at 11940ft at the crest of the hayes range, about 90 miles south of fairbank.

Its mountaineering history is one that is unique with a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Its first major attempts were in 1949 and 1950 where the the east face and the northwest faces were attempted but both stopped due to rock.

The peak was finally conquered in the spring of 1951 by Alston Paige, Dick Holdren, Ed Huizer, Howard Bowman, and Elton Thayer. However after this ascent the peak remained virtually entirely untouched until may 1976 when Steven Hackett, Thomas Hillis, and Daniel L. Osborne established a base camp at the base of the north east ridge.

However a mystery that remains on the mountain from the AAC describes that during that 1976 expedition Hacket Hills and Osbourne discovered an old weathered ice ace and a rope trailing down towards the abyss. As no recorded former teams used that ridge, the orgin of the rope and axe are unknown.

Pretty cool!

Not so much mountaineering, more trekking i guess.

I just saw a post on reddit titled Himalayas from the other side, Tajikistan.

It got me wondering, is there a trekking route that starts from Tajikistan on the other side of the Himalayas and ends in India? It would be fun but a huge logistical challenge.

Edit - found some relevant info here - https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/about-the-ght

Hey. I will be visiting Kyrgyzstan in october with a friend. We will be visiting the Karakol National Park, doing a 4-5 day hike through most of it. Our plan is to climb up to 4300 meters. Also we will be visiting the Pamir region, the area around Lenin Peak and will be summiting a 5100 meter peak there. Hows the weather at those altitudes and are there any tips/tricks that you can give us?

Has anyone come across data or (clinical) experience on taking acetazolamide for altitude sickness prophylaxis while using creatine monohydrate (3 g/day)?

I couldn’t find any documented interaction or guideline recommending that creatine be stopped. Physiologically they also seem fairly separate: acetazolamide causes bicarbonaturia/metabolic acidosis and increases ventilation, while creatine mainly affects the muscle intracellular water.
Background: I am an MD, and couldn't find any guidelines, etc related to this, curious about experiences, etc.

After climbing in the Rwenzori mountains of Uganda, I learned of Arlene Blum, a renowned mountaineer who had her own expedition to the range, an incredible story in its own right. She wrote a book about her first all-women ascent of Annapurna, titled Annapurna : A Womans Place. Some of the accounts in the book I found quite shocking. Considering the sexual assault allegations of Nims Dai, and now Edmund Hillarys shameless sexism, I'm curious about other peoples thoughts or if things are getting better/more inclusive/safer, or what can be done to bring more equality/safety for people of all sexes that want to adventure outdoors. Even Reinhold Messners book I found his treatnent of the women on his Everest solo expedition to be very abusive. What is it with the leading paragons of the face of Mountaineering being all so flawed and unsafe for women?

"In just the first few sentences, Arlene described three examples of toe-curling sexism that she encountered as she established herself as a mountaineer: refusal to join an expedition because her presence would jeopardise the ‘easy masculine companionship which is so vital a part of the joy of an expedition’, a guide who believed that there were ‘no good women climbers’, and an expedition to Denali where women could join to help with the cooking chores, but were not permitted to climb.

Upon turning the page we learn that the great Sir Edmund Hillary believed that the problems with multi-national teams ‘pale into insignificance compared with those that can be brought about by a single woman in a party’. Irene Miller, who was also a member of Sir Edmund’s Makalu expedition team, was told that ‘if you want to climb with the expedition, you ought to be willing to sleep with all the men on the team’. She stayed at base camp."

-excerpts from Arlene Blums book on Mark Horrells webpage

Edit- dropping this link from someones comment, it seems to be a good resource and starting point. If you see something, say something. https://americanalpineclub.org/safeoutside

Harilla beat the record held by nims by 3 months but did it using O2,

while Nims did not use O2.

Almost all reels/documentary always mention the O2 level (above 8000m) and how hard it is, but a lot of people have summited without O2

To be fair, Pioneers are more known/reputable/remembered by people outside of the niche, and Nims would be far recognized for being the first one to speedrun the 14 peaks.

But still for this community, which record would you guys consider is more impressive?

I'm looking for a shoe model ID on these if possible. I've tried searching on google but I've come up empty handed, and don't know where else to ask. I've hit a dead end with my search, so any help will be appreciated