Mountain Trip climber Fritz Baichmir called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team, who are camped at Camp One at 7,800′. Yesterday, 5/25, they spent their day ascending Ski Hill, a couple thousand feet of vertical, to cache around 10,500′, near Kahiltna Pass. The team will likely move to Camp Two…
Mountain Trip climber Don Cash called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team. They awoke up at 3 a.m. to near daylight and an unfortunate 8 inches of snow that collapsed their kitchen tent–which they were able to hastily repair. They broke down and packed up their camp at 7,200′ Denali…
Climber Gearoid O’Murchu called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team, who plans to depart Base Camp for Camp One today (5/24). Gearoid, an Irishman, reported that he was very happy to have had a hearty breakfast featuring potatoes that morning. The team plans to make the move up the glacier…
Mountain Trip lead guide Ben Adkinson called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress Team, who were able to fly into the Alaska Range yesterday, with beautiful clear weather. From Talkeetna, they enter the range flying over the colorful tundra of the southern reaches of Denali National Park, and into the perimeter…
WELCOME TO ALASKA – MAY 21 DENALI WEST BUTTRESS TEAM Mountain Trip appreciates the trust and support of our climbers and another team of adventurers have chosen to join us in Alaska, to fly in to the stunning, heavily glaciated Alaska Range to attempt the West Buttress route on North America’s highest peak–Denali–which soars…