Alpine Climbing

From September 15 – 26 Nate will be taking his Alpine Exam with the American Mountain Guides Association. A separate Blog has been set up to […]

Jim and Jill from New Jersey climbed Snowdon today, which was their first mountain ever.  Jill, who has done marathons all over the world and is […]

After what seemed like some unusually wet weather in June, we have been having perfect blue skies.  Making the temperature in Durango hot and the weather […]

Last Friday, Aaron, Bill and I ran in for a 1 day ascent of Vestal Peak’s Wham Ridge.  Without the aid of the train, this is […]

Climbed Snowdon Peak via the West Buttress with Max today.  No matter how many times I do this climb, I always enjoy the combination of aesthetics […]

Last week, Garry from Florida came to Durango on his vacation out west to climb his first peak.  Garry had some multi-pitch climbing experience so the […]

The other trip I guided on Mt. Rainier, along with fellow SWAG guide Gary Falk, was a climb of the ultra classic Liberty Ridge.  This is […]

I just completed a short stint of guiding on Mt. Rainier for Rainier Mountaineering Inc. (RMI).  The first trip I led, along with fellow SWAG guide […]

Last week, Patrick from Texas came up for a few days of alpine training in the San Juans.  A few days of rock climbing in the […]

Loyal client Valari W. recently completed, and successfully, summited the Moose’s Tooth in the Ruth Gorge/Denali National Park, via the Ham ‘n Eggs Couloir.  She was […]

Out in the mountains for a few days with a crew from the Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM.  A group of 7 soldiers from the 21st […]

Great weekend in the San Juans.   About 6 inches of snow on Saturday gave way to perfect weather on Sunday.  Did an overnight on Engineer Mtn. […]