Nicole Passage called in a nice post from the team’s new home at 11,200′ on Denali’s West Buttress. They have been capitalizing on the incredible weather and have only just experienced their first snow flurries of the trip. The 11,200′ basin camp is a stunning place, with big views to the west, looking out across…
Lead Guide Peter Inglis and Rick Piette called in tonight’s update from their camp at about 9,700′ on the upper Kahiltna Glacier. The weather has been perfect and everyone is doing great. They made what we call a single carry up to this elevation, meaning that they packed up all their kit at their previous…
Lloyd Charton called in from Camp 1 at 7,800 feet on the broad Kahiltna Glacier. The team pushed roughly five miles up the glacier and put in their first camp that is actually on the West Buttress route. It is a spectacular place to camp, and the vastness of the surroundings tends to give climbers…
The team called in from Base Camp, where they spent a day reviewing skills and finalizing their preparations for moving up the Kahiltna Glacier. Lead guide Peter Inglis called in and an enthusiastic Nicole added some description to their dispatch. recording We received a few images from the team, before they flew into the Alaska…
On Sunday, May 26th, a small group of climbers will meet in Anchorage, AK to join a team of Mountain Trip guides for an attempt to climb the highest peak in North America. Denali rises 20,320′ above the not-too-distant sea. Located close to the Arctic Circle, it is famous for presenting climbers with extreme cold…