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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.

Route Profile: Cat in the Hat, 5.6+, II+

American Alpine Institute
January 23, 2023

Route Profile: NE Buttress, Johannesburg Mountain (V, 5.8, AI 2)

American Alpine Institute
August 12, 2022

Route Profile: Mt. Erie’s Zig Zag Route (5.7 or 5.8 II)

American Alpine Institute
July 18, 2022

Route Profile: Vesper Peak’s True Grit (5.8, II)

American Alpine Institute
June 27, 2022

Route Profile: Aiguille de I’M – North Ridge

American Alpine Institute
June 20, 2022

Route Profile – North Arête of Bear Creek Spire (5.8, III)

American Alpine Institute
June 13, 2022

Route Profile: Northwest Rib, Mt. Shuksan (5.7, III)

American Alpine Institute
May 23, 2022

Route Profile: Dorado Needle – East Ridge

American Alpine Institute
May 20, 2022

Route Profile: Cutthroat Peak, S. Buttress (5.8, III+)

American Alpine Institute
May 16, 2022

Route Profile: Mt. Baker – Coleman Headwall

American Alpine Institute
April 25, 2022

Route Profile: Armatron (5.9) II

American Alpine Institute
April 11, 2022

Route Profile: Epinephrine

American Alpine Institute
March 4, 2022

Route Profile: North Face Chair Peak

American Alpine Institute
November 19, 2021

An Alternative Classics Tour of Boulder, CO

American Alpine Institute
September 21, 2021

Route Profile: Ecuador’s Cayambe

American Alpine Institute
August 23, 2021

Route Profile: Angel’s Crest (5.10b, IV)

American Alpine Institute
August 3, 2021

Route Profile: Mt Triumph – Northeast Ridge (5.6, III+)

American Alpine Institute
June 18, 2021

Route Profile: Dream of Wild Turkeys, 5.10a III

American Alpine Institute
April 19, 2021

Route Profile: Sultana Ridge – Mt. Foraker

American Alpine Institute
April 9, 2021

Route Profile: Mount Shuksan, Sulphide Glacier

American Alpine Institute
March 30, 2021

Route Profile: Cross Country Hiking – Welcome Pass to Yellow Aster Butte

American Alpine Institute
September 1, 2020

Route Profile: Ruth Mountain Climb

American Alpine Institute
July 24, 2020

Accessible Alpine Rock Classics in Rocky Mountain National Park

American Alpine Institute
April 3, 2020

Route Profile: Diedre – 5.7, II+

American Alpine Institute
March 20, 2020