Trip Reports
Once again the team awoke to high winds streaming off the summit ridge above camp, and decided to wait for better conditions to make their summit push. The weather forecast is suggesting a promising weather window on Monday and Tuesday, with the winds diminishing significantly and dry weather predicted. Here’s the quick update from the…
Climber Alexander called in an update on the May 21 West Buttress team, from Camp Three at 14,200′ on the route. Yesterday, the team broke out their crampons and ascended the steep fixed lines to cache on the ridge, at around 16,300′, to put them into position to move up to High Camp. From 17,200′…
Mark from the May 13 Denali West Buttress expedition (“Yoshi and the Yetis”), who reached the summit a couple of days ago, called in an update from Base Camp, awaiting their flight out of the range. The team descended over 13,000′ down from the summit of Denali, picking up a cache along the way, making…
Mountain Trip lead guide Karl Welter called in an update on the May 21 Heah West Buttress team from Camp Three at 14,200′, who retrieved their cache up above Windy Corner. They now have all of their gear back at Camp Three, and were working diligently to carefully divide out snacks and gear for their…
Climber Dave Ge called in an update on the Mountain Trip May 24 Expedition, who descended to Denali Pass to pick up their cache. They then returned to camp and practiced their ice axe and crampon technique for the upper mountain. Some highlights from the team included quesadillas, spicy curry and getting 10-plus hours of…
Mountain Trip guide Ty Guarino called in a quick update for the May 17 team at High Camp, awaiting a weather window. Teams observed winds up high and are waiting for a more optimal weather window before they make the push for the summit. Here’s Ty! recording
The May 20 West Buttress team called in an update from Camp Three on the route. Here’s the update! recording
Lead guide Fischer Hazen called in an update on the May 19 Team from High Camp at 17,200′ on the West Buttress, who took a rest and weather day, continuing to acclimate. The team had views of high winds up above them on the route. Over the next couple of days they will be keeping…
To the friends and family of the May 6th Denali expedition: I am writing our final dispatch from my home in Anchorage, Alaska. Our climbing team is off the mountain and safe. I wanted to send a big thank you to all who supported the climbers while they were away from home. Despite not…
The team is resting and relaxing after the big move up to High Camp at 17,200′ today. It sounds like the move went smoothly and the team will be watching the weather carefully, preparing for the last push to the summit. Here’s Fischer with today’s report: recording