The 3rd Annual ALASKA ADAPTIVE ADVENTURE
June 6 - 21, 2011
Open to all independent individuals with physical disabilities.
This once-in-a-lifetime experience
will take you deep into the Alaska Range.
Ski planes land in the shadow of Mount McKinley,
for a week of ski touring and snow climbing,
culminating in a peak attempt on Mt. Dickey.
Limited experience necessary.
The team has returned from AK with yet another successful trip!
Check out 2011's blog at the Mountain Trip Blog Spot!!
Once in Alaska, both disabled and able bodied participants will make an attempt on the West Face of 9,545 ft Mt. Dickey! Team members will pursue the level 1 climb, pure snow route of Mt. Dickey with pitches reaching 40 degrees vertical. The team will spend its first days establishing rope team traveling systems to advance up the Ruth Glacier and into the approach gulley up Mt Dickey. TASP and Mountain Trip have allotted two weeks for this 5,000 foot climb which should leave ample time for an appropriate travel pace complete with rest days and potential weather delays. At the end of our peak attempt, we’ll load up our ski plane and fly back to Talkeetna. Finally, we will travel back to Anchorage to make connections for flights home.
Click here for more information on 2011's trip...
Todd Rutledge, of Mountain Trip says it best, "Heidi Kloos was a source of strength, humor, energy and love to all who had the good fortune to spend time with her." A TASP Memorial Fund has been created in her honor. Heidi was the lead guide for the first ever TASP Alaska Adventure (see picture at left). This fund will be used to sponsor one disabled female athlete to attend our annual summer trek to Alaska.
Check out last year's Alaska Adventure 2010 Mountain Trip Blog Spot. 
Just south of the Arctic Circle, deep in the Alaskan wilderness lays one of the most stunning and magnificent mountain ranges on the planet. The 600 mile long Alaska Range is a land of superlatives and crowned by the tallest peak in North America, Mount McKinley. Glaciers thousands of feet deep carve valleys through the range, constantly changing, shifting and altering the dramatic landscape. Hundreds of peaks and glaciers are protected within the 6 million acre Denali National Park and Preserve.
Mountain Trip (MT) was born in this range in 1973 and guides hundreds of climbers across these glaciers and up the peaks of the Alaska Range each summer. MT is proud to be working in collaboration with the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program to offer a unique opportunity for their guests to head north and experience the grandeur and wilds of Alaska.
If you are interested in joining us on this amazing adventure in 2011,
please call Tim McGough, 970.728.3865, to reserve your spot today!
~ Click on the links below for additional information about last year's epic adventure ~
View the 2010 Press Release (highlighted article in Sports 'N Spokes)
View the 2009 Press Release
Watch a video of the 2009 Alaska Adventure
Read a 2009 participant's article: "Adaptive On Ice" by Sylvie Fadrhonc
Mountain Trip and TASP Presents…
