Mountain Trip Guide Brian Burger Wrapped up the dispatches for our June 15th Denali Ski Team from the warm, thich air of Anchorage. The team has dispersed for home and the guides are finishing derigging all the tents and gear that was used over the course of their climb. The crew had generally good weather,…
Lead guide Aaron Diamond calls in from the summit of Denali @ 20,310′! All team members have successfully climbed to the summit together and as you can hear the winds howl in the background, Aaron shows his enthusiasm for where they stand. The team should be back in cell service in Talkeetna within the next…
Lead guide Aaron Diamond called in an update on the Denali Ski Team, who was able to make the move up to High Camp today! Despite the strong, stormy low pressure system in the Alaska Range that has prevailed for the past week, the team has still been making great progress up the route. They…
June 15 Team called in an update that unfortunately doesn’t come through all that well! We know that the team was able to get up the fixed lines on the steep headwall above 14-Camp, to set their cache on the 16-Ridge. This puts the team in a great position to move up to High Camp…
The June 15 Denali Ski Team called in an update from 14-Camp (Camp Three) after taking another weather day on the route. Unlike other teams stuck in camp, they got to enjoy some mellow powder turns above camp near the fixed lines. The team weathered a windy night last night, but it’s looking like better…
Zach calls in from Camp 14,200′ after the team was able to ski down to their cache site located below camp and bring it back up. Winds have been picking up to 30 mph so during this storm the team is enjoying hot drinks and going over skills to make their plan for the upper…
Lead guide Aaron Diamond called in an update on the Denali Ski Team, who had the chance to make their move up to Camp Three at over 14,000′! This is a milestone for teams on the route. They will spend a few days based here to make sure to maximize their acclimatization for the upper…
Apologies for the broken connection when the team sang a ditty from 11,000 feet – the sateelite connection seemed to have faltered or… maybe not? Tough to say, but the crew seems in fine spirits after a challenging day of ferrying loads around the infamous Windy Corner today. They loaded up their packs and climbed…
The Denali Ski Team called in a Father’s Day shoutout from the crew! They spent the day moving up to Camp Two on the route at 11,200′. Here’s the team! recording
The June 15 Denali West Buttress Ski Team called in last night after some excellent chicken tacos. A well earned meal, after caching gear just below Camp 2 at 10,400′. The team then made easy work of the descent via some creamy turns back down to Camp 1. The team plans to move to Camp…