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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.

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

How to Choose a Single Rope

American Alpine Institute
February 10, 2014

Beautiful Sunset in the Cascades

American Alpine Institute
February 6, 2014

AAI Avalanche Course

American Alpine Institute
February 4, 2014

The Heroes Project

American Alpine Institute
February 3, 2014

Trip Report: South Face of Tour Ronde

American Alpine Institute
January 31, 2014

Route Profile: “The Stone Sentinel”

American Alpine Institute
January 29, 2014

Technical Dog Rescue

American Alpine Institute
January 24, 2014

Route Profile: West Rib of Denali

American Alpine Institute
January 22, 2014

How to Make a Splitboard!

American Alpine Institute
January 21, 2014

A Short Introduction to Psychological Training for Mountaineering and Skiing

American Alpine Institute
January 20, 2014

Ski Area Avalanche Control Work

American Alpine Institute
January 17, 2014

Route Profile: Mt. Baker, Easton Glacier, II

American Alpine Institute
January 15, 2014

Oh Canada!

American Alpine Institute
January 13, 2014

Photo Essay: Ice Climbing in Ouray

American Alpine Institute
January 10, 2014

Route Profile: Bolivia’s Pequeño Alpamayo

American Alpine Institute
January 8, 2014

Mountain Book Awards – 2013

American Alpine Institute
January 7, 2014