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Nor’Easter Event Trailer!!

Image from Google Louder Than 11 has been working hard for NE2C productions to help finish our the UBC Pro Tour season with a bang!  September 23-25th the NorEaster is going down in Burlington, Vermont.  This is the big one, the finale to the season and its going to be a great event. ...


Alpinist Subscriber Grant

Image from Google W ith the release of Issue 35, Alpinist Magazine announced the first recipient of the new Alpinist Subscriber Grant. This year the Access Fund's Land Conservation Campaign will receive ten percent of every Alpinist subscription sold--somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000. "Magazines tend to offer all sorts of incentives to subscribe, like free this or that. But the Alpinist reader is a lot more engaged," explained Alpinist Publisher Jon Howard. "This is as much a call to action and a way to get our ...


8 Month Long, 6 Continent, Cycling Tour Annouced

Image from Google Are you anticipating a little time off from work in the semi-near future? If so, you may want to sign up for the latest cycling tour announced by Pedalers Pub and Grille , an adventure travel company that specializes in cycling adventures all over the planet. In celebration of their 25th anniversary, the company has announced an epic ride that also comes with an epic price tag. Dubbed the Once In A Lifetime Tour, this new option will send 30 lucky travelers off on an eight month long journey that will ...


Tuckerman Ravine’s Best Friend

Al Risch doesnt wear a hat when he skis. It could be 20 degrees, as it was recently at Sugarbush in Vermont, and theres Al: No hat, no helmet, ears bright red. Hats make my head itch, he says, setting off on one of the resorts signature intermediate trails. When Risch worked at Cranmore Mountain Resort [...]


New Route Sets Stage for 5th Annual Smuggs' Ice Bash

Image from Google Momentum is building in Vermont as local New Englanders gear up for this weekend's Alpinist/ Smuggs Ice Bash 2011. John Hurst and Ryan Brooks set the standards high, establishing Tiny Dancer (M8) on January 21st at Lake Willoughby, right here in Alpinist's backyard. The short line begins on ice, but quickly moves through overhanging rock before reaching an ice ledge at the first belay. The second pitch follows a crack and flake system, and then finishes through a final ice curtain to the top. Hurst and ...


EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Matt McCormick on his recent trip to Pakistan and the Copp-Dash Inspire Award.

Image from Google By Gavin Heverly Matt McCormick is a good friend of mine, and a familiar face around these parts. For years up until he moved up to Vermont he was a regular at the Boston Rock Gym. A positive figure in our climbing community, and always motivated to train and try new things, we were all [...]


Zack Martin Grant Winner Headed to India

Image from Google The Zack Martin Breaking Barriers grant committee has announced the 2010 recipient of this major AAC grant: Jonathan Mingle from Vermont will travel to Zanskar, India, next winter with dual humanitarian and ski mountaineering objectives. Mingle and his partners will trek into the mountains on the frozen Zanskar River and then attempt the first known ski [...]


Alpinist Affiliate Wins Northern Lights Journalism Award

Backcountry Magazine editor, writer and photographer Drew Pogge's feature "The Ghost Coast: Labrador's Torngat Mountains," ( Backcountry , December 2009) was recently awarded first place in the independent journalist category of the 14th Annual Northern Lights Awards, presented by the Canadian Media Market. Backcountry and Alpinist magazines are both owned by Height of Land Publications and based in Jeffersonville, Vermont. The competition was independently evaluated by faculty of the prestigious Missouri


Hello from Vermont

Steph, You inspire me!! My brother and I both climb and love to watch the videos of you doing what you love. My brother is currently in Afghanistan (Lt. Col. Jeff Abeling) and has given me the task of finding out what song is playing on the crack house video. Can you help me out?? [...]


Alpinist to Sponsor Smuggs Ice Bash

Alpinist Magazine has announced its sponsorship of the fourth annual Alpinist/Smuggs Ice Bash in Smuggler's Notch State Park, just outside the magazine's new hometown, Jeffersonville, Vermont. The three-day event later this month, January 29-31, welcomes ice climbers of all abilities to climb, demo gear, take clinics and meet other climbers. With more than 50 ice routes in Smuggs alone, plus Lake Willoughby, Bolton and more nearby, the Ice Bash is located in the heart of New England ice country. About a