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American Alpine Club CEO Phil Powers to step down in summer 2020
Phil Powers at an American Alpine Club Benefit Dinner with Doug Walker, a former president of the AAC who died in an avalanche in 2016. [Photo] Jim Aikman American Alpine Club CEO Phil Powers...
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Two Alpinist stories receive honorable mentions in Best American anthologies
Two stories from Alpinist 62 (2018) have been selected for the "Notables Lists" for Best American Essays and Best American Sports Writing, respectively: Sara Ann Aranda's Full Value story, "Into...
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Backcountry.com battles small businesses over trademark
[UPDATE, November 8--Hours after we posted this story, Gear Junkie reported that Backcountry.com fired the law firm responsible for the legal action and has dropped "its only outstanding litigation"...
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Alan Rousseau and Tino Villanueva Release the Kraken on Tengi Ragi Tau's west...
[Alan Rousseau wrote the following report about the first ascent of Tengi Ragi Tau's west face, which he completed with Tino Villanueva in mid-October. The Americans named their route Release the...
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Brad Gobright dies in a rappelling accident while climbing in Mexico
Alpinist is sad to report that Brad Gobright died in a rappelling accident in El Potrero Chico, Mexico, yesterday, November 27. Brad Gobright climbing Lurking Fear (VI 5.7 C2, 2,000') on El Capitan....
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American Alpine Club Annual Benefit Dinner features "climbers uniting for the...
The American Alpine Club Annual Benefit Dinner weekend will be in Denver on Friday and Saturday, March 13-14. Tickets are now available on the AAC website. The dinner will be hosted at the Denver...
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Wayne Merry (1931-2019): Yosemite legend, teacher and loving steward of wild...
Wayne Merry while engaged in Alaskan glacier mapping for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1958. [Photo] Dick Long (Wayne Merry collection) I first met Wayne Merry in 2008 at the gathering...
View ArticleAvalanches kill hundreds in Kashmir
The Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir suffered a series of devastating avalanches within the last few days after a period of heavy rain and snowfall, according to The New York Times. A recent report...
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Kyle Dempster Solo Award and American Alpine Club Live Your Dream Grant open...
Kyle Dempster in his elements. [Photo] Kyle Dempster collection Two grant application periods opened this week--the Kyle Dempster Solo Award and the American Alpine Club Live Your Dream Grant. The AAC...
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Another Outdoor Retailer, another opportunity to call for political and...
Another Outdoor Retailer is upon us. Much is the same, yet different. There's no denying that the OR trade show represents more than it once did. The presence of the event in Denver is testament to a...
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BLM management plan threatens Bears Ears National Monument while lawsuits...
Climbing in Bears Ears National Monument, Ute (Nuu-agha-tuvu-pu) and Pueblo Territories. [Photo] Courtesy of Ben Crawford/Access Fund This year--2020--is anticipated to be the year for the...
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Something Yet Higher: Charles Madison Crenchaw Exhibit Opens at the Bradford...
James Edward Mills stands in front of his exhibit featuring African American mountaineer Charles Madison Crenchaw at the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum, in Golden, Colorado. [Photo]...
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Climbing Grief Grant application period is now open; 10 apps received within...
The application period for the Climbing Grief Grant through the American Alpine Club (AAC) and the Climbing Grief Fund (CGF) is now open. The grant "offers financial support for individuals directly...
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Matt Cornell free solos Hyalite Canyon testpiece, Nutcracker (M9 WI5+, 450')
Matt Cornell climbing Nutcracker (M9 WI5+, 5 pitches)--with a rope and partner, prior to his solo ascent--in Montana's Hyalite Canyon. [Photo] Nathan Norby On February 15, Bozeman climber Matt...
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Coronavirus concerns prompt American Alpine Club to conduct benefit dinner...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic--which recently reached Colorado--has prompted the American Alpine Club (AAC) to make changes to its annual benefit dinner (ABD), which is the club's biggest...
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Nolan Smythe killed in rockfall while climbing Logical Progression on...
Nolan Smythe photos from the GoFundMe webpage. [Photos] Savannah Cummins On March 6, Nolan Smythe, 26, a highly regarded climber and BASE jumper from Moab, Utah, was climbing Pitch 14 of Logical...
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Climbing rock--yes, touching real rock--can potentially spread the coronavirus
So far, the warnings about COVID-19 (aka "coronavirus") have been about climbers gathering outdoors and how groups of people in rural communities could stress healthcare resources in places like...
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Plan B: Business as Unusual
Adam Howard rappelling into the clouds at the Col du Chardonnet in Chamonix, France, in 2008 as Gordy Skoog looks on. [Photo] Jeff Diener Dear readers, contributors and partners, Stepping off the...
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Film festivals are offering free online viewings; here's what we're watching
A screenshot of the Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Fest video. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the United States and the world, stay-in-place orders have forced a change of...
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Climbers, cavers, high-rise workers help clean debris from rooftops after...
Jagor Koprek, Matija Tomorad and Marko Matosevic remove a damaged chimney above Vlaska Street in the center of Zagreb, Croatia. Koprek is one of the organizers of the volunteer movement to help clean...
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