The team rested today at the 14,200 ft camp after summitting a few days ago. One team member tweaked a knee coming down from high camp, so they spent a day resting before continuing the descent. They’ll take off early in the morning tomorrow and head towards base. Here’s Pablo checking in with an evening…
Congratulations to all the climbers on the June 24th team who reached the summit of Denali today! It was a windy day, and the weather was deteriorating in the afternoon, but they were able to get to the summit and are now back safely in high camp. Here’s guide Ted Grosgebauer with the evening audio…
Viviane called in from the June 24th Team from High Camp at 17,200 ft this evening. They woke to much nicer weather than was forecast, and made the climb up another 3000 ft to high camp. They could go to the summit as early as tomorrow if the weather cooperates. recording
It’s been a stormy few days on Denali and temperatures have returned to “Arctic” in the Alaska Range in the last week. We went from some record breaking hot days with sunshine, right into a classic Denali low pressure storm system with moderate winds, clouds and light snow. Some of the teams managed to move…
Ted Grosgebauer called in from our June 24 team of climbers (Ted mentioned June 25th, but we’ll blame that on the altitude!). They tried to push up to high camp today, but were unable to do so, as the winds at higher elevations were blowing pretty hard. They are now in “hurry up and wait”…
The group of climbers from Seven Summits Club, climbing with three Mountain Trip guides, pushed a load of gear up onto the ridge at about 16,400′ today. They took advantage of a break in the snowy weather to climb higher on the West Buttress route, before returning to their camp at 14,200′ for the night.…
The June 24th Team climbed up the steepest portion of the West Buttress route yesterday to put in a cache of food and equipment at 16,400 ft. They carried loads of supplies up onto the spectacular ridge that leads from the top of a feature known as the Headwall to High Camp at 17,200′. The…
Our June 24 Team is feeling very strong and pushed a load of supplies up and around Windy Corner today. They climbed up a series of moderately steep slopes and along a a long, gently rising stretch of route that leads to the Corner. The features is a steep rib of rock that acts somewhat…
Feeling strong and moving well, the June 24th Team climbed to Camp 2 today, then after a short rest, descended and picked up their cached food and equipment and returned to camp. Guide Ted Grosgebauer called in to report that it was snowing in Camp 2, and they will be watching the weather closely to…
Guide Viviane deBros called in tonight to report that the team cached above 10,000 ft today. The team started the day with a climb up ski hill, which is just outside camp, then they continued to gain elevation over rolling hills as they made their way up the glacier. Even with heavy loads the team…