Trips Reports (Alpine)
Below are our trip reports, in reverse chronological order. We also have an interactive map of our trip reports, if that's more your style.
Mount Buckner and Sharkfin Tower
Check out our latest video starring Toby Young in the North...
Mount Rainier / Kautz Route
Mount Rainier Climb - Kautz Route (by Andrew Gorohoff) On July 27, 2010 Martin Volken led me to my first summit of Mount...
The right overnight Alpine Pack
The right overnight Alpine climbing pack! We have been asked many times how our guides packs could possibly be so small even...
My First Mountain Video
Here is my fist mountain video from a recent AMGA Alpine Guides Exam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plww7ZZFbX0
Mont Blanc and then some
Mont Blanc and then some (by Nikolai Popov) With the permission of friend and client Nikolai Popov I am adding a link to a...
For all the right reasons
For all the right reasons (by M. Volken) Or hats off to many of my clients In the beginning it seems like most everybody...
North Ridge of Mt. Baker
The forecast had indicated that the showers - which were supposed to have a 30% chance of occurring to begin with - would taper...
North Face of Shuksan
The White Salmon Glacier Paradise seems right now to be anything but – I can feel a collection of pine needles gathering on the...
Fieldtest: MSR Reactor versus Jetboil
Field test: MSR REACTOR VERSUS JETBOIL When the Jetboil cooking stove came on the market a few years ago, things changed. The...
Chair Peak North Face direct
On September 20th we (Kurt Buchwald and Martin Volken) went to the Chair Peak North Face in the North Central Cascades of...
The Matterhorn (by Terry Jarrett)
Matterhorn Trip Report: August 13-18, 2007 Midway through our trip Martin said “We should talk about alternatives to...
Forbidden Peak NW Buttress
Forbidden Peak North West Buttress July 11 and 12,2007 An exceptional climb of purity! Fred – the undisputed Alpine King...
Mount Buckner North Face
The Branca trip on Buckner (by Mihai Iancu) WARNING: There is nothing exceptional in this trip report. There were no major...
The Matterhorn via the Standard Route (Hornli Ridge)
Location: Swiss Alps
Starting elevation: Matterhorn hut at 3270 meters
Summit elevation: 4478 meters
Elevation...
Overcoat & Chimney Rock
On August 7-9 2003 Martin, along with Gregg Kimball and Tom Boehmer hiked from the end of Middle Fork Road to the Overcoat &...
Mount Formidable
On July 30th Martin Volken from North Bend and Kurt Buchwald from Snoqualmie completed the ridge crest traverse from...
Bonanza Peak
On August 21st and 22nd Martin Volken, Kurt Buchwald and Peter Avolio completed the ridge traverse of all three summits of...
Falcon Route
Climbers: Martin Volken, Jeff Hansell Route character: Alpine Rock Route difficulty: Grade 4/ 5.9 Time during first ascent:...
