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Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue

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.

Accumulation Zones and Ablation Zones on a Glacier

American Alpine Institute
December 22, 2025

French Technique for Cramponing

American Alpine Institute
December 21, 2025

Moulins and Glaciers

American Alpine Institute
November 16, 2025
Tiny climbers barely visible on the horizon of the Sulphide Glacier of Mt. Shuksan on an American Alpine Institute mountaineering program

Solo Glacier Travel

American Alpine Institute
October 11, 2025

Picket Placements

American Alpine Institute
August 27, 2021

Rope Considerations for Glacier Travel

American Alpine Institute
June 29, 2021

Arresting a Crevasse Fall with a Rope

American Alpine Institute
May 10, 2021

Understanding Mechanical Advantage

American Alpine Institute
January 12, 2021

Crevasse Falls – Do Knots Work to Decrease Fall Potential?

American Alpine Institute
May 28, 2019

Backing Up an Anchor for Crevasse Rescue

American Alpine Institute
September 10, 2018

Rope Flossing

American Alpine Institute
May 20, 2011