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A recent Los Angeles Times article https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-09/mt-whitney-perilous-trek-top-california-record-snowpack has had a number of guests asking us if Whitney is that hard and dangerous to climb. The best answer is “This year it is different”, with additional hazards which we do not have to contend with other years. SP, Dave and Larry guided a very successful scent over the June 17-19 period with a group of 6 guests. It was a hard long ascent for everyone but everyone made it to the summit. Everyone on the trip had put in time to prepare, was fit, knew snow skills and had an upbeat attitude, all of which help. This summer weak snow bridges [...]

BY ROBERT ROPER SEP 26, 2022 Read the full article at the link below: https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a40982966/expedition-retrace-crossing-sierra-nevada-nonnative-people-robert-roper/

At 13,147 feet Boundary Peak is the high point of Nevada and something we guide fairly often. While not hard in a mountaineering sense, it is a hard hike with no defined trail in the upper section, high elevation and lots of talus and rock to negotiate. It requires strength, determination and stamina - not things generally associated with an eleven year old, especially one from the flatlands of Florida. I guided David and his son Will, with help from new guides Heather Shaw and Chris Miller up the peak on May 18 and we all had a great time. David’s knees decided that they had had enough at Trail [...]