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Expeditions Programs
AAI’s expeditions are longer trips, often in remote locations and usually with the principal goal of ascending major peaks. American Alpine Institute began guiding expeditions in 1976, our second year of operation, and rapidly gained a reputation for running ambitious and well-organized climbs.
Our Skills Expeditions, a subset of those shown below, are designed to provide outdoors enthusiasts who have minimal climbing experience a rapid introduction to the skills necessary to climb major peaks. These expeditions also provide acclimatization climbs for more advanced climbers pursuing high-altitude summits.
Bolivia – Huayna Potosi Skills Expedition
The Huayna Potosi Skills Expedition is a 10-day climbing program that includes skills instruction and review that is presented at both introductory and more advanced levels. The introductory level includes … Read more
Bolivia – Illimani Expedition
This is a 5-day expedition to climb the highest peak in Bolivia’s Cordillera Real. Team members first make the ascents (and enjoy the benefits of the acclimatization accomplished) in Bolivia – … Read more
Mount Waddington Expedition
Mount Waddington is a very serious objective. This expedition will draw deeply on all of your skills. Climbers must be able to move effectively on glaciers, rock climb, ice climb … Read more
Ama Dablam Expedition
Ama Dablam was first climbed in 1961 by a New Zealand and American team and we follow their original route, the southwest ridge. A seven-day trek into Lobuche Base Camp … Read more
Lamoshe Skills Expedition – Sichuan, China
Southwest China is a region with immense diversity of people, landscape, flora and fauna. The province of Sichuan exemplifies this diversity being the cultural border of Tibet and China, the … Read more
Three Peaks of Nepal Expedition
This program provides the best possible introduction to Himalayan climbing – we ascend three beautiful 20,000-foot (6000+ meter) peaks in a relatively short time and in one of the most … Read more
Cho Oyu Expedition
Cho Oyu stands along the Nepali-Tibetan border about 18 miles west of Everest, tied to it by a long ridge with five summits over 23,000 feet. Cho Oyu is the … Read more
Mt. Vinson Expedition
Vinson Massif is Antarctica’s highest mountain, reaching 16,050 feet (4,892m) in the heart of the Ellsworth Mountains. Located 700 nautical miles from the South Pole, the mountain was first climbed … Read more
Bolivia – Ancohuma and Illampu Expedition
Bolivia’s Cordillera Real has as its northern crown the Sorata Massif, a large group of peaks rising abruptly from the altiplano just east of Lake Titicaca and dropping its eastern … Read more
Ecuador – El Altar Expedition
Contact the AAI Office for further details. Alternatively, we offer our Cotopaxi Skills Expedition and Chimborazo Ascent in Ecuador or our Ice Field Expedition or Gorra Blanca Ascent in Patagonia. An exotic, remote expedition goal, El Altar is … Read more
