My former housemate and really good friend Spang texted me on Monday asking if I was in Washington because she decided to last-minute drive up from California. I sent her a couple classic route pro...

During the tail end of his infinity loop push Jason found himself on a more mellow portion of the Wonderland trail but his pace could only hit 14:30. He knew he should be going much faster but his ...

Approach was straightforward from Killen Creek TH. Open air bivy at 7,000'. Minor glacier travel with little to no crevasse danger to base of the route. A long, moderate snow slope began at about 9...

I knew visiting the Ruth Gorge for the first time would be awesome, but years of reading, watching, listening, and dreaming about the Alaska Range might as well have been fiction. 

In the winter season that just continued to give to us ice and alpine climbers, we tried to zero in on another objective. We had always heard "The Pencil" come up as the obvious unclimbed line on t...

Since our inception, NW Alpine has always been product focused. We've searched out and created the materials, the manufacturing and the design elements that bring you the best equipment to get th...

Photo: Tim Banfield By Erik Wellborn As someone who has climbed for almost 30 years I find the evolution o...

Early season ice posing potential issues somewhere in Wyoming. by Dustin FricChasing down frozen waterfall...

Everything was still, and quiet save for the clinking of ice screws against one another, the grind of crampons and tools scraping on rocks, and...