Crevasse rescue training at the MCA's Basic Mountaineering School.

Photo by Dean Carman.

A Brocken spectre is the apparently enormous and magnified shadow of an observer, cast upon the upper surfaces of clouds opposite the sun.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

Snow travel school at the MCA's Basic Mountaineering School.

Photo by Brian Aho.

Bird Peak from Esbay Peak. Chugach State Park.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

MCA Ice Climbing Festival Sept 13-15, 2019

The 2019 MCA Ice Climbing Festival is happening Friday September 13th through Sunday September 15th. Registration opens 8/10-9/9. Check out the Ice Fest page to get more details and registration information:

http://www.mtnclubak.org/index.cfm/What-We-Do/MCA-Training/MCA-Ice-Climbing-Festival


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