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Ever wonder what an Alaskan Mountaineering trip looks like? Check out our latest “promo” video highlighting the luxury accommodations on our Mt. Bona trip – it even includes a 24/7 fitness center…

“We should ask Merritt.” That’s pretty much a daily saying here at St. Elias Alpine Guides when we come across a question about grammar, history, art, literature, or almost anything. Of course, [...]

Spice up your breakfast rotation on your next backpacking trip with this delicious sweet breakfast! Created by our own Chef BoyarDurfee (Lead Guide Chris Durfee), this fruit-packed breakfast is [...]

While we all love the long, bright days of June and July up in McCarthy, as summer comes to an end and nighttime creeps back into the evening, we are treated to one of the most amazing gifts [...]

As we bring 2019 to a close, we went through our photos from the season, and wanted to share our favorites! This summer will go down in the books for many reasons – lots of sunshine, fun [...]

After a day of hiking or ice climbing on the Root Glacier, it’s fun to get a birds-eye view of the Kennicott Valley! Here’s a fun video created by our former owner, Gaia, as she flew [...]

Living in rural Alaska, we do lots of our shopping at Costco. Lots… As it turns out, Costco offers some great options for backpacking foods, and we’d like to share some of our favorites with you! [...]

By Sarah Ebright, Guide “So where do you get your groceries out here? Valdez?”           “Nope, we drive 8 hours to Anchorage.” It was early August, and I hadn’t done a [...]

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 [...]