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By Ryan Smith, Guide It all started as an iconic mountaineering trip to Mt. Bona. This may sound confusing given the title, but in a classic Wrangell’s twist, the weather always has the final [...]

Our team left their high camp just after midnight this morning for a proper alpine start! They climbed the remaining 3,000 vertical feet over 2 miles this morning and hit the summit at 5:15am!! [...]

Update on our team on Mt. Sanford (the “not Bona” team!). They have been making amazing and steady progress since their drop-off on Tuesday and are now up at 13,300ft at the base of [...]

Some things are within our control as guides and others are firmly not. In this case, a very dubious weather forecast over the next ten days led us to pull the plug on our team of 9 (6 clients [...]

Here’s what will likely/hopefully be our final update from the St. Elias Expedition Team before they are back here in McCarthy and we are sharing actual images and stories from their trip [...]

Packing for Alaska can be a challenge. You need to be prepared to handle weather that ranges from sweltering hot to cold and rainy. You need footwear for hiking, the town, and everything in [...]

THEY DID IT! For the first time in company history, we have a successful summit of our massive, intimidating, gorgeous and challenging name-sake mountain. We are so proud of lead guide Scott, [...]

Another dispatch from our St. Elias team last night (sorry for the delay!). Sounds like they might be tackling the 4,000ft Mira Face today! The weather here in McCarthy hasn’t been great [...]

We got another dispatch from our team on Mount St. Elias last night. It sounds like they have been working super hard but finally made it to their “advance base camp” at the base of [...]

We got a trip dispatch from our Lead Guide Scott and our Mt. St. Elias team this evening! They have been making steady progress despite double and sometimes even triple-hauling their gear up to [...]