Ryan is back with the team after making a lap to base camp, while Adam, Linda, and Aparna made a cache up at nearly 13,000 ft. They are a small team of 4 now, and they’ve got their cache in, so they are ready to move on up to Camp 3 at 14,000 ft as…
Mountain Trip lead guide Adam Smith called in for the May 19 West Buttress team, who are currently camped out at 11,200′ on Denali. Adam and two climbers (Aparna and Linda) put in a tough day hiking back down to retrieve their cache at around 10,500′ in whiteout conditions, breaking trail through deep snow while carrying…
Mountain Trip Climber Linda Wohlgemuth called in on behalf of the May 19 Denali West Buttress Expedition, who took a weather and rest day at Camp 2 at 11,200′, waiting on better conditions and visibility to make the trek up to Camp 3 above 14,000′. Like many of the groups on the mountain, the May…
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…
The Team has been battling high winds, snow and white-out conditions, but they have persevered and they have made it to Camp 2. They were getting snowed on at a rate of an inch an hour for some of the day! Guide Adam Smith called in the report tonight, and sends a special message to…
Lead Guide Adam Smith called in from the team’s Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier. They flew into Denali Base Camp on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier yesterday, spent some time reviewing glacier skills and campcraft, before getting to bed in preparation of an early departure. The route actually descends from Base Camp…
A group of climbers from different hemispheres have gathered in Anchorage to forge themselves into a team that will attempt to climb the highest peak in North America. Denali, at 20,310 feet (6190 m), is arguably the hardest of the famed Seven Summits, due in part to it’s location just south of the Arctic Circle,…