Brian Dagg called in from the summit of Denali along with Mountain Trip guides Zach Keskinen and Jason Denley! Pushing up during a very cold day, the climbers reported gusty winds as they made their way up to the summit of North America. The route took them up the 1000′ (300m) rising traverse known as…
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in from 17,200′ on the West Buttress, after the team made their move to High Camp. They will make their summit push TODAY 5/26. Here’s Jason:
Guide Zach Keskinen called in an update on the May 10 West Buttress Expedition with Brian Dagg. Like other Mountain Trip teams, they were prevented from moving up to High Camp from Camp Three at 14,200′ due to poor weather conditions. Here’s Zach!
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in an update on the West Buttress expedition, who are camped at 14,200′ for at least one more night. The team has been lucky to experience great, clear weather over the past couple of days at 14-Camp, where they have been hydrating, fueling up and resting in anticipation of…
We mentioned that one of our teams witnessed an accident on the 20th of May. The incident did not involve anyone on a Mountain Trip team, although our May 8th team was very close to the climbers immediately before they fell. Both climbers survived the fall. Nevertheless, it was traumatic for our climbers to see.…
Climber Brian Dagg called in a quick update on the May 10th team, who are still enjoying beautiful weather at 14,200′. They were building snow walls to shelter them from the wind that can sometimes hit 14-Camp relentlessly. They have retrieved their cache and are in a good position to ascend the steep headwall out…
The guys had beautiful weather today and were able to move on up to Camp3 at 14,200 ft! Jason called in this evening and said he was just wearing a sun hoody at Windy Corner, which can be a notoriously cold and windy spot. They are enjoying the spectacular views of Mount Foraker and Mount…
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in an update on the May 10 Denali West Buttress team. They had hoped to move up to Camp Three at 14,200′ today, but they awoke to about 12 to 15″ of snow, by Jason’s estimation. The team had planned on moving to Camp Three at 14,200′, but will…
Brian Dagg called in an update on the May 10 Denali Team, who cached up around Windy Corner at 13,500′ to put them in position to move up to Camp Three at 14,200′. The team will soon make their ascent up to Camp Three at 14,200′! Brian noted that the team has been eating well…
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in an update for the May 10/Brian Dagg West Buttress expedition at Camp Two. They are camped back at 11,200′ for the evening and hope to cache up around Windy Corner today (May 18) if the weather allows. The team descended to retrieve their buried cache from lower down…