Congratulations to our May 15th “All Starr Team!” They called from the summit of Denali in two separate messages, after working hard through weeks of adverse weather and intense cold. Great work guys! We’ll let them share their day in their own words. Here is the team!!! And the rest of the team!
Andrew Kiddier (I think?) called in on behalf of the May 13th team. They spent the day at 14,200′, because, while conditions were nice in camp, it was blowing 40+ mph on the ridge above camp. One of the team members, Rusty, decided to descend with our May 11th team. He is doing well, but…
Four of our Mountain Trip teams are currently camped at 14,200′ on Denali. Both the West Rib Expedition and the May 11 West Buttress team have spent 14 days now at 14-Camp, tied for the longest time at one camp that any of us can recall in recent Mountain Trip history. This season has shown…
Mountain Trip lead guide Dan Starr called in with an update on the May 13 West Buttress team, who have spent nine days at 14-Camp waiting out the storm. The wind has finally died down, the severely cold temperatures have risen a few degrees, but the weather is still not clear and certainty not warm…
The May 13th Denali team is hanging in there in cold temps at Camp 3. Today they went over to a spot known as the “Edge Of the World” where they could look out across the Alaska Range and enjoy the vast views. The prolonged stretch of cold, windy, snowy weather has kept them from…
Our May 13th West Buttress team continues to wait at 14,200′, waiting for weather to improve, so they can move higher on Denali. It has been extremely cold, much colder than even Denali is known to be in late May. The team took advantage of not being able to move by digging a deep snow…
Mountain Trip lead guide Dan Starr called in a quick update on the May 13 Denali West Buttress team, who, like three other Mountain Trip teams, are waiting for a weather window to move to High Camp and make their summit bid. The team spent the day reinforcing their latrine, building snow walls to block…
It sounds like the wind is howling at 14 Camp, so the May 13 Team rested and relaxed today. The snow walls the team built yesterday have held up well and are protecting the their tents from from the wind. But as the weather rages on, the team is cozy in camp and Lead Guide…
A powerful storm has settled over Denali with strong winds gusting at both the 11,200′ and 14,200′ camps. It was snowing hard earlier today, but a report from an hour ago was that the snow had abated, but the wind had picked up. The forecast is for gusts of up to 55 mph later today…
Andrew Kiddier called in from our May 13th West Buttress team (at least, I think it’s Andrew – if not, please let us know in a comment!). The team moved very well up the moderate slopes above Camp 3, and then climbed up the steepest section of the route, a zone known as the Headwall. …