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The Gates of Paradise
Loading ...On the rim of the volcano, looking down into the mist, we waited. The same wind that was chilling our sweat whipped the fog into eddies in the chasm below. And then, we saw it; a perfectly circular vent of sand-like ash hundreds of feet high.
The Ruth Expedition: Field Updates
Loading ...Washington Natives Mark Allen and Graham Zimmerman embarked on a four-week expedition to the Central Alaska Range, establishing a new routes on Mt. Bradley. Here are their field reports and videos.
February Dreaming…
Loading ...Here in Alaska there has been a warm snap. Above freezing temperatures and liquid precipitation has wreaked havoc on the snowpack. A slide closed the Seward Highway for a day just south of Girdwood. All I can do is wonder what mother nature has in store for us this year.
The Ruth Expedition
Loading ...In March 2010, Washington State Natives Mark Allen and Graham Zimmerman will embark on a four-week expedition to the Central Alaska Range to establish two new routes on major peaks.
Swinging Sultanas’ Ski Descent of Mt Foraker
Loading ...In late May 2009, Kip Garre, Andrew McLean, Courtney Phillips, and I arrived on the Kahiltna glacier of the Alaska Range. Our objective: Ski the Sultana ridge from the 17,400 ft summit of Mt Foraker.
Mendenhall Towers Expedition, Juneau, AK
Loading ...Southeast Alaska is notorious for bad weather. Rumor has it, the sun only shined 7 days last summer … Jason Nelson and Blake Herrington traveled to this cloudy land with the hopes of climbing a new route. Or three…
