Corey Schmidlkofer - July 14, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Carla Chud - July 7, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Mariya Manalli - June 30, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them. This will be our last episode for season five. As is often the case, we are going to close out the season with a few topics that we wanted to make sure we covered. Today, we’ll discuss solo winter climbing, changes on Denali, and advice for aspirin…

Dennis Hotchkiss - June 23, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Matthew Clayton - June 16, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Gabe Pepperd - June 9, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them. So far this season, we’ve covered many aspects of climbing Denali, including how harrowing expeditions can be when they go wrong. Today, we’re going to hear from Alaskan climbers, most of whom have been on the mountain many times, about some of the…

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them. This season, we’ve heard many stories about climbing Denali. Whether they were stories of triumph, tragedy, or something in between, one thing has been true about nearly all of them. They are stories of men on Denali. Today, we will change that. Wh…

Amy Ward - June 2, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - May 26, 2024By Northgate Alaska

Corey Schmidlkofer - May 19, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Carla Chud - May 12, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them. We are now past the halfway point in our season about mountaineering on Denali, North America’s tallest peak. Today, we’re jumping forward in time once again, but instead of covering an entire era of climbing in the Alaska Range as we have with pre…

Dennis Hotchkiss - May 5, 2024By Northgate Alaska

Dennis Hotchkiss - April 28, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them. Unlike previous seasons of this program, the episodes so far have been primarily a chronological history lesson of mountaineering on Denali. Today, we’ll continue to tell some of that history by looking at a period of innovation in routes to climb …

Dennis Hotchkiss - April 21, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Carla Chud - April 14, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

In this episode, we’ve covered many firsts. The first team to summit, the first airplane used as part of an expedition, the first team to reach both summits, and, unfortunately, the first known fatalities on Denali. In our next episode, we’re going to move forward in history to a time when airplanes were much more common, and the discovery of a new…

Carla Chud - April 7, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - March 31, 2024 "Happy Easter!"By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as usually told by those who lived them. Today, most of our stories will not be first-hand, since we are delving into the early history of documented attempts to climb Denali. That said, they form an important chapter in the history of mountaineering and its ties to the area. Whet…

Carla Chud - March 24, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - March 17, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Gabe Pepperd - March 10, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them. Thank you for joining us as we kick off season five. This year, our theme is climbing Denali. North America’s highest mountain is a constant presence in the lives of the folks who live here, and most years more than a thousand people come here to a…

Carla Chud - March 3, 2024By Northgate Alaska

Dennis Hotchkiss - February 25, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dale Burke - February 18, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Mariya Manalli - February, 11, 2024By Northgate Alaska

Carla Chud - February 4, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - January 28, 2024By Northgate Alaska

Dennis Hotchkiss - January 21, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Gabe Strydom - January 14, 2024By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - January 7, 2024By Northgate Alaska

Dennis Hotchkiss - December 31, 2023By Northgate Alaska

Dennis Hotchkiss - December 17, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - December 10, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Carla Chud - December 3, 2023By Northgate Alaska

Dennis Hotchkiss - November 26, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Mike & Vivian Heath - November 19, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - November 12, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Carla Chud - November 5, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - October 29, 2023 "Revelation 12"By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Carla Chud - Elijah & Lindy Ward October 22, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Tanner Hotchkiss - October 15, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Carla Chud - October 8, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Dennis Hotchkiss - October 1, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)

Tanner Hotchkiss - September 24, 2023By scott@northgatealaska.com (Northgate Alaska)