The long stretch of bluebird skies and low winds came to a halt a couple days ago, when a low pressure system moved across the mountain, bringing with it clouds and snow. We currently have 6 teams on Denali and one waiting to fly into the Range. Here is the general update as of Wednesday,…
Lead guide Adam Smith called in from the basin camp at 14,200′. The team successfully reached the top of Denali yesterday and descended to 14,200′ in advance of changing weather. They are waiting at this elevation for a heavy snow storm to abate, before continuing their descent back to base camp, a full 7,000′ below…
The team reached the summit today at around 5pm Alaska time. Adam called in and said they were all doing great and it was a beautiful day up there on top of North America. They began their descent back to high camp after snapping some pictures, and will be back to the comfort of their…
Our guide Ian Havlik called in from the thin, crisp air of high camp at 17,200′. The team made a strong showing on their move up from the big basin camp at 14,200′. They climbed up the moderate slopes leading to the steep Headwall, before negotiating their way along the exposed and engaging ridge that…
Our guide Kyle Bates called in today from 14,200′. The team has been capitalizing on pretty amazing weather and pushed a load of supplies up the steepest part of the route today. They loaded up at camp and climbed about 1,400′ up moderate snow slopes to the base of a section known as The Headwall.…
Our guide Kyle Bates called in from the very warm 14,200′ camp. The team made a back carry today, meaning that they dropped back down to the site of their last supply cache at about 13,500′, dug it up from the snow and carried the supplies back up to camp. This makes for a pretty…
Enroco Cambini called in from 14,200′ in both English and Italian. The team moved up today under beautiful weather and found great snow conditions. It was still a long, hard day, but everyone did well and they are happy to be in their new home, where they will remain for the next several nights at…
Pieter Van Den Broeke called in a nice greeting to his family, but was cut off before he could update us on the team’s progress. Today, they carried a load of supplies up to about 13,500′, but are still at the 11,200′ camp for the night. They plan to move up to the big camp…
This recording is pretty brief, as Steve got cut off in his transmission, due to the steep mountain walls to the south of their camp that block their satellite transmissions. The team is camped at 11,200′ and enjoying beautiful, clear, calm weather. It can actually be quite hot on days such as this, so the…
It sounds like the team had a very nice day, moving up to 11,200′ today. Birgitte sounds like she is in great spirits and enjoyed the hard work of the day. I cannot vouch for what she passed along in the latter half of her post, as my Danish is pretty rusty. Her er Birgitte!…