Although most of you have already heard from your friends and family on the May 15 Denali West Buttress trip, who have returned to Talkeetna after a challenging few weeks on the glacier, here’s one final trip dispatch from guide Josh Garner: We’re back in Talkeetna after 19 days in the Alaska Range, the May…
Climber Eric Greene called in with an emotional update on the May 15 Denali West Buttress Expedition, who spent 18 days ascending the route (many of those battling cold weather and high winds at 14-Camp). They had made the physical and technical push from 14,200 up to High Camp at 17,200′, anticipating making a go…
Climber Paul Kreiner called in an update for the Mountain Trip May 15 Denali West Buttress team, who has made it to High Camp at 17,200! After a long storm that blanketed the Alaska Range in several feet of snow, accompanied by high winds, sub-zero temperatures and low visibility that prohibited teams from moving, the…
Marlies Neefjes (I think!?) called in from our May 15th team. Her message is entirely in Dutch, so if anyone out there can help translate, “Help alstublieft!!” The team took advantage of an absolutely perfect day to carry loads of supplies up the steepest part of the West Buttress route, caching their loads above what…
14 Camp received 12″ of new snow overnight, and while the team woke up to blue skies, the team decided to allow the new snow to settle before moving up the fixed lines. It sounds like everyone is eager to get climbing and they are keeping spirits high. According to Paul, the team was able…
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…
Climber Eric Greene called in an update for the Mountain Trip Denali May 15 West Buttress Expedition. The team has been at 14-Camp due to weather for the past six days now, along with the other three other Mountain Trip teams who have also been barred from moving higher by bad weather. Although Denali is…
Mountain Trip climber Shaun Scott called in an update from 14-Camp, where the team is waiting for the winds to die down up high before moving up to High Camp and eventually, the summit of Denali. He noted that the winds were so strong up high, that those camped at 14,200′ could hear the winds…
Lead Guide Josh Garner called in from 14,200′ on the West Buttress route of Denali. The team has been managing the extreme cold that has made progress slow for all teams on the mountain over the past week. Josh reports that it was close to -40F overnight, which aligns pretty closely with what our other…
Mountain Trip climber Eric Greene called in with an evening update on the May 15 Denali West Buttress Expedition, who, along with three other Mountain Trip teams, are holding strong at 14-Camp and doing their best to stay busy and stay out of the cold. High winds and blowing snow, brought in by the southwest…