Mountain Trip lead guide Scott Woolums called in with an update on the May 30 team, who summitted Denali successfully and all together on June 16. Although the team has since experienced some less than desirable weather at High Camp, Scott said that they couldn’t have asked for better summit day weather, with clear, calm…
Three Mountain Trip 2016 West Buttress teams (May 28, May 30, June 1) all made their summit bids on Denali yesterday, June 16, in clear, calm weather. The teams paralleled each other on their ascent from High Camp to the summit at 20,310′, leaving camp and heading up at around 8:00 am. The teams enjoyed…
Lead Guide Scott Woollums with the Mountain Trip May 30 Denali West Buttress expedition (referred to individually by nickname) called in with an update from the lofty High Camp at 17,200′. The team just moved up yesterday in what Scott described as “absolutely perfect” weather, and set up camp on a beautiful evening, with views…
Lead Guide Scott Woolums called in with an update on the May 30 West Buttress Expedition. The team is still at Camp 3 at 14,200′, with their cache all set on the ridge to High Camp for when they move higher. The team went for a short hike towards the West Rib Route for some…
Pachi and Scott called in after the May 30 team took a rest day at 14,200′ today. They worked hard yesterday, carrying loads of supplies up the steepest part of the route, to an elevation of about 16,400′. Today, they rested, ate lots of food and organized their equipment for the upper mountain. Pachi y…
Josh Miller, assistant guide on the May 30 private West Buttress Expedition called in with an update on the team’s progress on the high mountain. The team cached above Washburn’s Thumb, and enjoyed the views on the ridge below High Camp. Josh noted that everyone is doing well and they’re a “super strong” team. They…
We have a two-part message today, as (I think) Hernán called in a report in Spanish and then Scott Woolums gave us the English version. Tenemos un mensaje de dos partes del equipo, como Hernán llama en un informe en español y después de Scott llamada en una versión Inglés. The team is at 14,200′…
Lead guide Scott Woolums called in after a tough move up to 11,200′. The team moved up through very deep snow yesterday, arriving in the beautiful basin camp of 11,200′ only to have another foot of snow fall on them overnight. Conditions are pretty challenging right now for the climbers! They plan to drop back…
There has been a thick band of really crummy weather sitting on the lower portions of the mountain. Thick clouds, wind and snow have created whiteout conditions, making travel difficult at best. Our May 28 and May 30th teams are not making much progress up the mountain in the face of such conditions. Our June…
It was beautiful day on the glacier and the May 30th Team moved up the Kahiltna to Camp 1. The plan is to carry a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site just below Camp 2 tomorrow. Here’s Scott: recording