With snow melting rapidly in the alpine, delaminated daggers falling off, and warm temps all over the West, I have noticed many climbers talking about hanging up their tools for the season, or sw...

By Bill AmosIn 2011 Tyler Adams called me raving about a group of ultra-chossy towers outside of Crooked River Ranch in Central Oregon. Tyler was always psyched to climb the most rotten and unappea...

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...

 by Bill AmosUpdates have been a little scarce here at NW Alpine so I thought I'd take this opportunity to talk a little bit about what's been ...

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...

By Nick FrazeeThis fall Bud Martin, Marko Pujic and I decided to check out a classic early season alpine mixed climb, Funeral for Another Frien...

"Testers chose it again and again because of its warmth, toughness and minimal packed size." -December/January Issue Climbing Magazine

by Bill Amos(The following is adapted from the remembrance I gave at the celebration of Tyler's life 11/7/14)I've spent a lot of time over the ...