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Snowshoeing – Mt Baker
The Mount Baker backcountry is world-renowned for the variety of terrain and the utterly stunning beauty. Snowshoeing is the perfect way for beginner-level winter wilderness travelers to access some of … Read more
Southeast Asia Rock Climbing and Exploration
This program allows you to completely immerse yourself in the stunning scenery, traditional culture, and adventurous side of Laos. Although this country is rapidly modernizing, the old lifestyles here are … Read more
Reddomaine Expedition and Monastery Trek
Southwest China and eastern Tibet have one of the largest concentrations of the world’s remaining un-climbed mountains. Ranges of young, sharply etched peaks with beautiful rock faces and pristine glaciers … Read more
Backcountry Navigation Essentials
AAI’s Backcountry Navigtion Essentials class was designed for those that are in the process of becoming indepent wilderness travelers in complex terrain. This three-hour program provides a baseline from which … Read more
Avalanche Training – Snowmobile AIARE Courses
Ready to step out of bounds and into the backcountry? Knowing how to judge avalanche conditions, where it’s more dangerous to travel versus where it is less dangerous, and being … Read more
Backpacking in the North Cascades
Our private and custom backpacking trips will have you enjoying some of the most remote and inspiring alpine scenery in North America. From lush valley floors covered with old-growth fir … Read more
California Fourteeners Climbs
We’ve put together a list of the fifteen peaks in California that break the fourteen thousand foot barrier. Climbing routes on these peaks are varied and cater to a wide … Read more
Beginning Rock Climbing – Mt Erie, WA
The Beginning Rock Climbing course is designed for individuals who have little to no experience in outdoor rock climbing. The objective of this 2-day course is to give participants the … Read more
La Paz and Cordillera Real Trek
The La Paz and Cordillera Real Trek is only scheduled on a priavate basis. Please contact the AAI Office for further details. Alternatively, we offer our Cotopaxi Skills Expedition and Chimborazo Ascent in Ecuador … Read more
Ecuador – Antisana and Illiniza
This 10-day expedition is an excellent choice for intermediate climbers who want to apply their skills to moderately challenging high altitude routes on peaks that are often admired and, in … Read more
Longs Peak Hiking & Climbing
Longs Peak stands as the crown jewel of Rocky Mountain National Park – not only as the highest and most sought-after summit in the park and its only fourteener, but … Read more
Aconcagua Expedition – Upper Guanacos Traverse
Located near the western edge of Argentina’s famous wine-producing province of Mendoza, Aconcagua rises to a height of almost 23,000 feet – the highest summit outside the Himalaya. The American … Read more
Wilderness First Responder
Have you ever been three-days from a trailhead with no cellphone reception and thought about what would happen if someone got hurt? What if a snake bit someone? What if … Read more
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
Avalanche Awareness Seminars
You hear a loud WHOOMPH! That’s usually how it starts. Then you see it. A spider-web of fracture lines shoot out around your skis. And before you know it, the … Read more
Nepal – Khumbu Trek & Island Peak
This climbing and trekking program explores several of the largest mountain valley systems in the Khumbu Himal and includes optional ascents of 20,306-foot Island Peak (Imja Tse). We also visit … 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
Avalanche Pro 2 Certification Course
Please note, this course is sponsored by American Alpine Institute and is directly run by American Avalanche Institute instructors. It follows the curriculum guidelines set out by the American Avalache … 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
China – Siguniang Trek
Niuxim Shan (Yak Heart Peak) shrouded in morning clouds. Andy Bourne. Siguniang, or Four Sisters Mountain, is the centerpiece of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in China’s Sichuan Province where … 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
Hokkaido Guided Backcountry Skiing
Legend has it that the forests of Hokkaido, Japan are haunted. They are supposed to be haunted by mystical spirits called Kodama that disguise themselves as trees. It’s easy to … Read more
