Trip Reports
We really enjoyed listening to today’s update! Kudos to the performer. The May 14 team enjoyed a rest day at Camp 3. No significant updates from these folks. They are resting up and getting ready for the move to High Camp, which they should be doing today. The upper mountain is seeing some colder temps…
Kathryn called in last night to let us know that the May 22 Denali team has safely arrived at Camp 1 at 7,200′ (2194m). The team is on a “night schedule”, moving in the early morning hours while it is still cold and the glacier is frozen. However, moving at 2am does not mean moving…
We are excited to introduce our May 24 West Buttress team who will be attempting the route on SKIS! Yeehaw! We are honored to be chosen to join these folks on what may be a lifelong dream to touch the frozen reaches of Denali’s glaciated terrain, preceded by many months of training and years of time…
Guide Chloe Slack called in for the May 11 team last night. The team took a well deserved rest day at Camp 3. Chloe reports the team is good, feeling strong, and has had good weather. Rest days at Camp 3 are used to practice technical skills, such as how to ascend the fixed lines…
Lead guide Dodge calls in for the May 8 team last night. Yesterday, they had a well deserved rest day at High Camp at 17,200′ (5242m). The team ate a lot of food and drank a lot of water. Making sure they are well rested, hydrated, and full of calories before their big attempt at…
The Stokemaster strikes again, give this entertaining report a listen! Grant calls in from Camp 3 around 14,000′ (4267m) to let us know that the May 14 team has put in a cache on the ridge at 16,200′ (4937m). They had a character building time on the fixed lines, encountering blue ice, steep snow, and…
Lead guide Chris called in to let us know the May 22 team has arrive in Denali Basecamp! They spend a few hours on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier where the airstrip. They used this time to practice how to tie into a rope team properly, loading up their backpacks and sleds and…
Fergus called in last night for the May 18 team update. The team successfully cached at Windy Corner at 13,500′ (4114m) yesterday. This marks the beginning of steeper terrain on the route. Leaving Camp 2 at 11,200′ (3413m) the team climbs 1,000′ (304m) up Motorcycle Hill rising from the northeast corner of the basin the…
The May 8 team successfully moved to High Camp at 17,200′ (5242m) yesterday! They are the first Mountain Trip team of the year (well, also the first Mountain Trip team on the mountain) to make it to High Camp! When they arrived, camp was pretty barren. So rather than use some old snow walls or…
The May 11 team headed up the fixed lines yesterday to what we call the “16 Ridge” (simply because it is a ridge of the mountain at 16,000′). Just above the saddle of this ridge at 16,200′ (4937m) the team dug in their last cache. This views from up here are phenomanal and I’m sure…