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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.

Cold Weather Survival Training for the US Army

American Alpine Institute
February 27, 2015

Ski Guide’s Training at the American Alpine Institute

American Alpine Institute
February 17, 2015

AIARE Level II Avalanche Course

American Alpine Institute
February 13, 2015

Learning the Ropes on Denali

American Alpine Institute
July 22, 2014

Bolivia Update – Part 2

American Alpine Institute
July 21, 2014

Trip Report: Bolivia Part I – 2014

American Alpine Institute
July 1, 2014

Talkeetna Alaska and Photography of the Alaska Range

American Alpine Institute
June 30, 2014

Slaying Mt. Shuksan

American Alpine Institute
June 27, 2014

Mount Baker Skills and Summit Climb

American Alpine Institute
June 24, 2014

Mt. Baker Summit Ski

American Alpine Institute
June 6, 2014

Glacier Skills and Crevasse Rescue Course

American Alpine Institute
June 2, 2014

Baker, Index, Rainier – This is the Life!

American Alpine Institute
May 19, 2014

Girls Gone Wild – Alaska Style

American Alpine Institute
May 13, 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

Trip Report: Petit Mont Blanc: Couloir versant NE

American Alpine Institute
April 25, 2014

Trip Report: Urinal Couloir

American Alpine Institute
April 15, 2014

Trip Report: L’Epaule du Tacul, Alps

American Alpine Institute
March 14, 2014

Trip Report: Powder Asphyxiation & Col des Cristaux; Chamonix

American Alpine Institute
March 4, 2014

Trip Report: South Face of Tour Ronde

American Alpine Institute
January 31, 2014

Oh Canada!

American Alpine Institute
January 13, 2014

Photo Essay: Ice Climbing in Ouray

American Alpine Institute
January 10, 2014

Trip Report: Drury Falls

American Alpine Institute
December 20, 2013