![Looking east from the summit of North Six Shooter in Indian Creek, Utah, provides a glimpse of the 1.35-million-acre Bears Ears National Monument. South Six Shooter is in the foreground and Bridger Jack Butte and pinnacles are in the middle ground. The Abajo Mountains are in the background to the right and the La Sal Mountains are just out of view to the left. Canyonlands National Park lies behind the photographer, just a few miles to the west. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-1-930x620.jpg)
President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday, Dec. 4, and he is expected to announce plans to slash the… Read More »Trump heading to Utah and is expected to reduce size of two national monuments
![The south face of Nuptse with the new route marked by the thin red line. [Photo] Courtesy of Helias Millerioux, Benjamin Guigonnet, Frederic Degoulet](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nuptse-south-face-1-930x620.jpg)
On October 14-21, Helias Millerioux, Benjamin Guigonnet, Frederic Degoulet completed a risky new route on Nuptse’s south face in mostly alpine style, fixing only two… Read More »French team completes new route on Nuptse’s south face
![Fred Beckey at a previous American Alpine Club event. Beckey passed away October 30 at age 94. [Photo] Jim Aikman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aac-2018-benefit-dinner-announcement-1-930x620.jpg)
Tickets are now available for the American Alpine Club’s annual benefit dinner weekend on February 23-24 in Boston, Massachusetts. This year’s event will honor the… Read More »Registration open for American Alpine Club’s Annual Benefit Dinner
![Fred Beckey in 2012. [Photo] Jerry Dodrill](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/fred-beckey-1-930x620.jpg)
Fred Beckey, one of the most prolific alpinists the world has ever known, died October 30 at age 94 in Seattle, Washington.
Alpinist contributor Nick Bullock was recently named the winner of Banff Mountain Book Awards’ “Mountaineering Article” category for his story, “Threshold Shift,” which appeared in… Read More »Alpinist story by Nick Bullock named best ‘Mountaineering Article’ at Banff
![Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins [Photo] Inge Perkins collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hayden-inge-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz recounts memories of the lives of his friends Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins after their recent deaths in Montana.
![The north face of Mt. Hooker in Wyoming's Wind River Range. [Photo] Austin Siadak](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mt-hooker-original-sin-1-930x620.jpg)
On August 10-21, Jesse Huey and Maury Birdwell free climbed Original Sin (V 5.12+, 1,800′) on the north face of Mt. Hooker in Wyoming’s Wind… Read More »Jesse Huey and Maury Birdwell free ‘Original Sin’ (V 5.12+, 1,800′) on Wyoming’s Mt. Hooker
![Peter Pass the Pitons Pete Zabrok took this photo of his partner Ryan Sheridan on top of Yosemite's El Capitan when the September 28 rockfall broke loose and sent debris flying all the way into the Merced River, which can be seen below. A man was injured when a rock crashed through the roof of his SUV. Zabrok, Sheridan and Patrick Mcredmond were climbing in the area of the wall where the rockfalls originated, and were just a few hundred feet above the first rockfall when it happened. [Photo] Peter Zabrok](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/el-cap-rockfall-3-930x620.jpg)
On September 27, one person was killed and one injured after major rockfall occurred on the eastern flank of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.… Read More »Second, larger rockfall on El Capitan injures another person after first event resulted in one death and one injury
![A huge plume of granite dust billows at the base of Yosemite's El Capitan where a massive series of rockfalls occurred the afternoon of September 27. A fresh, white rock scar where the event originated can be seen to the right of the black streaks. One person was killed and another injured. [Photo] Tom Evans](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/el-cap-rockfall-1-1-930x620.jpg)
One person was killed and one injured after a massive rockfall occurred on the eastern flank of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park yesterday afternoon.… Read More »One killed and one injured after a series of rockfalls on El Capitan’s Waterfall Route
![On the North Pillar of Devils Thumb (Taalkhunaxhkʼu Shaa). [Photo] Cole Taylor](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/devils-thumb-north-pillar-1-930x620.jpg)
This summer Cole Taylor made the second ascent of the North Pillar on Devils Thumb (Taalkhunaxhk’u Shaa) 40 years after its first ascent, entirely solo… Read More »Cole Taylor solos the second ascent of the North Pillar on Devils Thumb
![This panorama from the top of Bridger Jack Butte shows part of Indian Creek's classic landscape that is currently protected by the 1.35-million-acre Bears Ears National Monument. Recent reports indicate that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended President Donald Trump shrink Bears Ears and other national monuments. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/indian-creek-panorama-rim-shot-930x218.jpg)
The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s much-anticipated final review of 27 national monuments in which the… Read More »Interior Secretary’s review recommends shrinking at least four national monuments including Bears Ears
![The west face of Xanadu. [Photo] Engberg, Bain, Boning and Braasch collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xanadu-new-routes-1-930x620.jpg)
The central west face of Xanadu in Alaska’s Arrigetch Peaks was untouched until this year when three parties established three routes in July and August.… Read More »Three parties establish three new routes on Xanadu’s west face
