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For more than fifteen years, the AAI Blog has kept the mountain community up to date on news, events, and developments in the outdoor industry, leavened with a bit of humor.

Human Powered Ski-to-Sea this Weekend!

American Alpine Institute
May 23, 2014

Baker, Index, Rainier – This is the Life!

American Alpine Institute
May 19, 2014

Route Profile: Mt Sill – Swiss Arête (5.7)

American Alpine Institute
May 14, 2014

Girls Gone Wild – Alaska Style

American Alpine Institute
May 13, 2014

The Rules of Glissading

American Alpine Institute
May 12, 2014

Fatality on Denali

American Alpine Institute
May 9, 2014

The Daley Splitter – Episode 3

American Alpine Institute
May 9, 2014

Mt Huntington Harvard Route

American Alpine Institute
May 5, 2014

Denali Prep

American Alpine Institute
April 29, 2014

Sea-to-Ski Human Powered

American Alpine Institute
April 28, 2014

Trip Report: Petit Mont Blanc: Couloir versant NE

American Alpine Institute
April 25, 2014

Trip Report: Urinal Couloir

American Alpine Institute
April 15, 2014

2014 – Red Rock Rendezvous Round-Up

American Alpine Institute
April 11, 2014

Route Profile: El Altar, Ecuador

American Alpine Institute
April 9, 2014

Route Profile: Huayna Potosi – Bolivia

American Alpine Institute
April 2, 2014

Route Profile: North Ridge of Mt. Stuart, 5.7 – 5.9, IV

American Alpine Institute
March 19, 2014

Trip Report: L’Epaule du Tacul, Alps

American Alpine Institute
March 14, 2014

Route Profile: Engineer Mountain, standard winter route

American Alpine Institute
March 12, 2014

Mt. Baker Avalanche Course

American Alpine Institute
March 10, 2014

Trip Report: Powder Asphyxiation & Col des Cristaux; Chamonix

American Alpine Institute
March 4, 2014

Route Profile: Preparing for the BIGGER route

American Alpine Institute
February 26, 2014

Route Profile: North Cascades Backpacking

American Alpine Institute
February 19, 2014

Leavenworth and Stevens Pass Avalanche Course

American Alpine Institute
February 14, 2014

Route Profile: Joshua Tree’s Dappled Mare

American Alpine Institute
February 12, 2014