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Mt. Thielsen East Face

By Tyler AdamsMt. Thielsen was Steve Elder's idea. Steve is a 56 year old kiwi who has been living in Oregon the past 25 years. He is the defin...
Expedition

Three Guys, one Bivy, a Tent and a Shoebox

By Dustin FricEvery year we spend early season running around with heavy packs; winter camping; trying to pluck off classic ice lines in thin c...
Expedition

Northwest Adventuring #1- Wallowa Alpine Huts

Endless terrain I'm a little loath to write about the Wallowa Mountains and Wallowa Alpine Huts, because i...
Gear

Featured: The Fast/Light Jacket

As with all of our apparel, the development of our first softshell jacket (the Big Four jacket) began with our core belief that technical cloth...
Features

Winter Climbing Roundup

Can't stop Dustin! Climbing Hidden Falls in Eastern Oregon's Owyhee Mountains  Despite the strange weather...
Expedition

Cochamo Update

We just got an e-mail and photos from Chris Kalman who's down in Cochamo, Chile right now where he just finished putting up a big new route with Austin Siadak and Florian Haenel:Highlights of the r...
Events

Portland Sample Sale Part 2

So the small sample sale we did at Basecamp Brewing the other week was great, but lucky for you we've still got a pretty healthy pile of samples that need good homes! That means that this coming Sa...
Events

Sample Sale in Portland

So tomorrow is the final American Alpine Club Oregon Section pub club. It also just so happens that NW Alpine has a number of samples and seconds we need to sell. We've got Eyebrights, Fast/Light P...
Press

Fall Press

We've been getting some good press lately, with pieces in two magazines as well as a nice profile on the major gear review site Gear Junkie.  ...