January 10, 2026 Leaders: Cesar Hernandez, with help from Kayla Boisvert Participants: Eric Stockwood, Matt Pulgrano, Sam Mayer, Conor Rafferty, Erik Muench, Parker Eason, Nico Walsh A group of nine SSMC members kicked off the New Year with a safe, fun, and instructive ice climbing workshop in Crawford Notch, NH. Despite uncertainty in the forecast […]

Date: August 9 to August 17, 2025 Objective: Granite Peak – 12,788′ – Highest Peak in Montana Leader: Per Frost Co-leader: Stephen Corcoran Participants: Rachel Flaksman, Suzanne Blundell, Allison Lynch, Warren Wagner, Bob Hagerty D1: Arrival day in Bozeman. Checked in at LaQuinta, Belgrade (airport hotel) after completing shopping for fuel canisters and bear spray […]

Summary Mt. Frances (this name is not approved by U.S. Board on Geographic Names) is the 10.4 kft peak whose summit is 1.4 miles north of the Kahiltna Basecamp located at 7.0 kft. Our plan was to first climb and descend the Frances E Ridge, wanding the route to aid our subsequent descent after we […]