Trip Reports
Milo called in with the dispatch last night! The group hiked about eight miles (roughly 5 hours) up the deep Vacas Valley to their first camp at Pampas de Leñas located at about 9,000′ (2,750 m). The hike took them through high desert terrain, with scrub plants, bristly grasses and the occasional colorful chuckawalla lizard. They…
After meeting in Mendoza, Argentina, our first Aconcagua team is on their way up the trail to base camp! This family of three will be accompanied by our longtime Aconcagua guide, Fermin Avilà. Fermin has summited Aconcagua more than 30 times, and has been leading trips for Mountain Trip for the last decade. Aconcagua is…
Jason writes in to give us a final update on the Kilimanjaro Trek: What a journey it has been. All the preparation and training required to show up ready to climb one of the tallest peaks in the world with a group of unfamiliar people in an unfamiliar place is like nothing else. We all climb…
The team stood on top of Kilimanjaro today! The left the Arrow Glacier camp in the middle of the night, climbing up through the Western Breach to reach the summit crater at sunrise. They continued across the flat crater floor, and then climbed the last bit up the remnant crater rim to the highest point…
Here is the report from lead guide Jason Denley today! “We departed Lava Tower Camp to Arrow Glacier High Camp today under sunny skies with increasing winds and climbed approximately 750ft in elevation. We had stellar views over the savannah looking down on the clouds and two villages. Huge rock walls and glaciers loom above camp…
Today was a beautiful day! As the sun came over the mountain we had an amazing breakfast outside followed by our local team performing a good luck song and dance. A fun way to start the day before we departed for our next camp, Lava Tower (15,200ft). The team moved efficiently through a variety of…
Today the team had a great trek from Shira camp to Moir camp. We left under sunny skies and as we got closer to camp, the clouds moved in and rain quickly turned to snow. Thankfully, not before camp was set and we had shelter. Our amazing cook team surprised us with hot chicken pizza…
The team woke up under the forest canopy at Big Tree camp (9,120ft) to monkeys howling at sunrise, nobody gets to sleep in at Big Tree camp. After a breakfast including porridge, eggs, and toast, they hit the trail towards Shira 1 camp (11,500 ft). Here’s the dispatch from the team. “We ascended around 2600…
After enjoying some wildlife viewing at the N’darakwai Lodge, the team made for the mountain. They arrived at the Londrossi Gate Park Entrance (7,350 ft/2,250 m), where they began the Lemosho Route. Jason sent us some Inreach messages with the team update: Today the team checked in the NPS and began our trek up Kili. We…
Our Kilimanjaro lead guide, Jason Denley, writes in to give us this update yesterday: Hello Friends and Family, We have all successfully made it to Tanzania. We are currently staying at the Ndarakwai Ranch Camp and will depart for the mountain tomorrow morning. At times it feels as if we are staying in the middle…