Adventures Stories

If you’ve been around the world of alpine skiing or seen a few ski movies during the last thirty years, you’ve probably heard the name Glen Plake at some point in your travels. He and compatriots Scot Schmidt and...

Words: Brooks-Range founder Matt Brooks /  Header Photo: Shawn Heinrichs“C’est bonne!” Our local guides, Pierre and Marino, flashed us two thumbs up as we emerged from the water after successfully deploying a custom Fastloc-GPS satellite tag on a male manta...

by Miranda OakleyAt times I find myself despising the comfort of my own bed. Deep into the night my warm body lays pocketed between layers of smooth sheets and down comforters. My alarm goes off at 3:30 am, just...

A new study just released suggests that survival times for people buried in avalanches in Canada is significantly lower than those from Switzerland. One of the main reasons is the heavier snow, particularly in maritime-influenced regions.Although this study focused on...

This is the second installment of Alison Criscitiello’s story of an Arctic bicycling adventure from Dawson in the Yukon northward to the Arctic Ocean.On the last day of March, we cycled through the coldest section yet, over the frozen...

Hi everyone at Brooks-Range Mountaineering! I just returned home with a silver medal from the 2012 World Snowshoe Championships and want to write to you and say thank you!Thank you so much for your sponsorship of the 2011 USA...

DCIM100GOPROGOPR0618.Words and photos courtesy of Alison Criscitiello2016 has been an icy whirlwind thus far, and my favorite kind – ping ponging between polar ice core projects and oxygen-depleted climbing objectives. In the spring, I headed alone to the northernmost reaches...

Ali on the first all-female ascent of Pinnacle Peak in the Himalaya. 📷: Rebecca HaspelAbove: Ali on the first all-female ascent of Pinnacle Peak in the Himalaya. : Rebecca Haspel Words by: Alison CriscitielloAnna and I are both keen explorers and...

Most of the big climbs I do in the Sierra are thanks to my friend Ian McEleny. He comes up with stupid ideas and I’m dumb enough to join him. Well, payback is a b*tch: When I came up...

March 19th, 2011, the supermoon will rise in the night sky for all to witness. What’s a supermoon?In case you haven’t been following all the buzz about this phenomenom, the full moon will be just shy of 17,500 miles...