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The First Ascent of The Pencil, Mt. Hood
Expedition

The First Ascent of The Pencil, Mt. Hood

In the winter season that just continued to give to us ice and alpine climbers, we tried to zero in on another objective. We had always heard "The Pencil" come up as the obvious unclimbed line on t...
New Routes on Mt. Hood (Part 1)
Expedition

New Routes on Mt. Hood (Part 1)

My buddy Tim Bemrich and I were debating objectives one winter weekend.  Portland had been in a serious cold spell and many climbers were taking advantage of a freshly frozen over Columbia River Go...
Cathedral Ridge: Mt. Hood's rarely climbed classic
Expedition

Cathedral Ridge: Mt. Hood's rarely climbed classic

On any sunny spring weekend the easy access to Mt. Hood's Timberline Lodge lures throngs of people looking to slog and ski their way up the iconic mountain. But venture away from the South Side to ...
Features

Product Focused: Neoshell Salopette

Since our inception, NW Alpine has always been product focused. We've searched out and created the materials, the manufacturing and the design elements that bring you the best equipment to get th...
Expedition

Winter is not Over!

With snow melting rapidly in the alpine, delaminated daggers falling off, and warm temps all over the West, I have noticed many climbers talking about hanging up their tools for the season, or sw...
Community

Tower Town

By Bill AmosIn 2011 Tyler Adams called me raving about a group of ultra-chossy towers outside of Crooked River Ranch in Central Oregon. Tyler was always psyched to climb the most rotten and unappea...
Community

Observations of a Middle Aged Climbing Has-Been

Photo: Tim Banfield By Erik Wellborn As someone who has climbed for almost 30 years I find the evolution o...
Community

November: The Birth

Early season ice posing potential issues somewhere in Wyoming. by Dustin FricChasing down frozen waterfall...
Manufacturing

What's happening at NW Alpine?

 by Bill AmosUpdates have been a little scarce here at NW Alpine so I thought I'd take this opportunity to talk a little bit about what's been ...