Summary

Experience Mount Foraker (17,400 feet) with the company that led the first guided trip up the Southeast Ridge in 1980. This offers one of the finest alpine routes in the Alaska Range. The route involves steep snow climbing, interspersed with ice pitches and exposed, cornice ridges. All this makes for very spectacular and scenic climbing.

The Sultana or Northeast Ridge is a longer route than the Southeast Ridge, but harbors less objective hazards. Although the Sultana Ridge is the more popular line on Mount Foraker, this is a long route with a big summit day and it demands respect.

After flying onto the Southeast fork of the Kahiltna Glacier and crossing the Kahiltna, base camp will be established at the base of 12,800' Mount Crossen . After climbing over Mount Crossen and making Camp 2, climbers will encounter a long ridge with a mix of steep steps, wild cornices and knife-edged ridges. Summit day is a physically challenging ascent of the sublime Northeast Ridge, negotiating crevasses and continuously steep cramponing. This route should only be considered by very fit climbers with solid crampon and ice axe technique.

• All regular transportation from Anchorage to the glaciers and back to Anchorage, including Air Taxi flights from Talkeetna
• All group gear needed for a safe summit attempt
• All food, although if you have favorite "comfort food" please feel free to bring them along
• Expert guides

1. Offering the highest summit in North America, as well as some of the most challenging summits throughout the rest of the Alaska Range
2. The Ultimate in safety and experience with guides who have been operating specifically in the Alaska Range for over 30 years
3. Extraordinary details: fantastic mountain cuisine, unique routes and highly skilled guides