![Ellingwood Peak (13,052'), the most prominent in the photo, with Notch Pinnacle (12,720'+) to the immediate left and Not Notch Pinnacle (12,760'+) farther left. [Photo] Joe Kelsey](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/last-unclimbed-wind-river-joe-kelsey-930x620.jpg)
Last Unclimbed Wind River
Eminent chronicler of the Wind River Mountains Joe Kelsey searches for the “last Unclimbed Wind River” peak–a quest inspired by an episode with his climbing… Read More »Last Unclimbed Wind River
![Mitchell Peak (12,482'). [Photo] David Salisbury](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/my-big-scary-first-ascent-sybell-hetchel-930x618.jpg)
My Big Scary First Ascent
Before she and Bev Johnson made the first female ascent of El Capitan, Sibylle Hechtel lead her first unclimbed big wall in the Wind Rivers:… Read More »My Big Scary First Ascent
![Bill Lindberg on Tower I Gully (IV AI 3+, 1,000'), Mt. Helen (13,620'). [Photo] Raymond G. Jacquot](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tower-i-ice-couloir-mt-helen-raymond-g-jacquot-930x620.jpg)
Tower I Ice Couloir, Mt. Helen
Bill Lindberg and I are several pitches up a narrow couloir on the north side of Mt. Helen. A thick, even ribbon of white divides… Read More »Tower I Ice Couloir, Mt. Helen
Speed, age barriers broken on Tetons’ Grand Traverse
On August 16, Nick Elson set a new speed record for the Grand Traverse in Wyoming’s Teton Range: 6 hours, 30 minutes, 49 seconds. Earlier… Read More »Speed, age barriers broken on Tetons’ Grand Traverse
Chris Van Leuven’s “Going Home” Selected for The Best American Sports Writing 2016
Chris Van Leuven’s story “Going Home,” which first appeared on the cover of Alpinist 51, has been selected for inclusion in this year’s The Best… Read More »Chris Van Leuven’s “Going Home” Selected for The Best American Sports Writing 2016
![Kyle Dempster, Hayden Kennedy, Jeff Lowe and Lowe's granddaughter. In 2013 Dempster and Kennedy, along with the late Justin Griffin, established a variation to the North Tower Crack, which they called the Lowe-Spark (IV 5.13 A0, 1,200'). Here Lowe holds one of the pitons that he'd placed in 1969 and that the 2013 ascent team recovered from the original route. [Photo] Kyle Dempster.](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sticking-needles-in-the-haystack-jeff-lowe-930x620.jpg)
Sticking Needles in the Haystack
In 1969, at the age of 18, Jeff Lowe climbs “like a light-footed wolf” on Haystack Mountain.
![Sundance Pinnacle (11,054'). [Photo] Steph Abegg.](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/extra-left-klettershoe-doug-robinsson-930x620.jpg)
Extra Left Klettershoe
After climbing classics every day,” Doug Robinson recalls, “it was easy to assume that the great lines had all been snatched up. Our steps turned… Read More »Extra Left Klettershoe
![Charlie Raymond on the first ascent of the North Face of Mt. Hooker [Photo] Royal Robbins Collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wyoming-range-of-light-930x620.jpg)
Wyoming’s Range of Light
Royal Robbins recounts a sojourn to the Winds in 1964: “Two things that you don’t usually find in the Sierra, but that you can expect… Read More »Wyoming’s Range of Light
Alpinist 55 Mountain Profile Essays | Wind River Range
Read all seven essays by Royal Robbins, Doug Robinson, Jeff Lowe, Raymond G. Jacquot, Sibylle Hechtel, Joe Kelsey and Dick Dorworth from the Mountain Profile… Read More »Alpinist 55 Mountain Profile Essays | Wind River Range
![The East Face with the line of Ben Dare's route (M5 A1 WI5, 700m) marked. [Photo] Danilo Hegg](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xdare-p0014-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.iLeEz-gIhn.jpg)
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ultamid 4 shelter: a lightweight, versatile and rugged pyramid tent
Reviewer Drew Thayer notes, “The Ultamid 4 is currently the lightest option for a spacious, four-person shelter that can adapt to just about any conditions….… Read More »Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ultamid 4 shelter: a lightweight, versatile and rugged pyramid tent
![Miranda Oakley on the day of her successful solo NIAD. [Photo] Michael Levy](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/miranda-oakley-2-930x620.jpg)