Alpenglow Fitness

Alpenglow Fitness is a gym in Montpelier, VT, located at 141 Main St. The gym sits in the heart of downtown, a short walk from the Kellogg Hubbard Public Library and within the Montpelier Historic District. Union Elementary School is roughly a third of a mile away, and the surrounding roads include Main Street and Spring Street.

Alpenglow Expeditions is an IFMGA-certified mountain guide service founded in 2004 in North Lake Tahoe, California, by IFMGA-certified guide Adrian Ballinger. The company leads more than 40 international expeditions a year, including guided ascents of Everest, the Seven Summits, and the world's highest 8,000-meter peaks, alongside backcountry skiing, mountaineering, rock climbing, and AIARE avalanche education in Lake Tahoe. All lead guides are AMGA- or IFMGA-certified or aspirant guides, and the company is one of the few American guide services accredited by the AMGA. In the high Himalaya and Karakoram, the team works with a core Sherpa group they have climbed with for two decades, along with local logistics and support teams in every country they operate in.

The company runs a full menu of guided ski and climbing courses in the Lake Tahoe area, including rock climbing instruction covering anchor building, leading outside, and multi-pitch systems. Their Rapid Ascent program combines hypoxic training with precise logistics and small team sizes, with methods designed to reduce time away from home by up to 50 percent. Scheduled Rapid Ascent trips span Mount Everest, Cho Oyu, Gasherbrum II, Makalu, Aconcagua, Cotopaxi, Ama Dablam, Peak Lenin, Lhakpa Ri, Ojos del Salado, and Mount Elbrus, with upcoming dates running from late 2026 into 2027. The business also provides technical training, logistics, risk management, rigging, and certified guides for military, government, and commercial projects in mountainous environments, and is reachable at 1-877-873-5376 or [email protected].

Alpenglow Fitness holds a rating of 4.70. With expeditions spanning the High Sierra to the Karakoram and a leadership team that helped set the U.S. standard for certified mountain guiding, the business brings a rare depth of high-altitude experience to its Montpelier community.