The June 20 Team called in while they wait out the stormy weather at 14k Camp. Unfortunately, even in July, Denali doesn’t care that it is supposed to be summertime. The team has been dealing with high winds and heavy snow. A real winter wonderland! With only a few days left in their trip itinerary,…
Lead Guide Yoshiko Miyazaki called in an update on the June 20 West Buttress Expedition, surviving the storm cycle at 14-Camp and making some improvements to their shelter situation. They have no doubt constructed large snowblock walls to protect from the wind and driving snow around their tents. Today’s biggest accomplishment was building a tunnel…
Lead guide Yoshiko called in another report from … you guessed it… 14-Camp. Unfortunately high winds and another incoming storm cycle have kept the team in place at 14,200′. The forecast is calling for more snow coming in over the Alaska Range in the coming days, so the team may be due for a continued…
Lead guide Yoshiko called in an update on the June 20th West Buttress team! They made their way over to the “Edge of the World,” a popular photo spot near 14-Camp that provides an amazing viewpoint of the Alaska Range, with the summits of most peaks well below this 14,300′ perch. For some reason, when…
Mountain Trip lead guide Yoshiko Miyazaki called in an update on the June 20 West Buttress Team, waiting out weather at 14,200′ Camp Three. With very high winds on the 16-Ridge, the team is waiting for the storm to abate and visibility to improve before moving up to High Camp on the route. Hopefully the…
Lead Guide Yoshiko Miyazaki called in after our June 20 West Buttress team made good time carrying loads up the steep Headwall on their route and cached supplies on the ridge above. The team packed up their supplies and extra kit that they might need up at High Camp (17,200′) and shouldered their packs for…
Rune calls in from Camp 14,200′ after retrieving their cache from below camp by Windy Corner. Above Camp 14,200′ live the fixed lines, which entail 800ft of steep snow climbing to gain the narrow ridge line speckled with granite rock that takes you to High Camp. This day involves some of the steeper climbing of…
Lead Guide Yoshiko Miyazaki called in after our June 20th West Buttress Team made the big push to move their camp from 11,000 feet to 14,200 feet. The team made it in good order and is now nestled in a fortified camp in a stunning location known as Genet Basin. The team broke camp in…
Unfortunately today’s trip report was garbled, but the team cached a load of equipment and supplies around Windy Corner at 13,200′. Windy Corner did not live up to its name today, the team enjoyed fair weather for the ascent. The plan is to move to 14 Camp tomorrow, weather permitting. Here’s today’s report: recording
The June 20th team checked in from their Camp 2 at 11,000 feet (I think it was Andrew?). They dropped down from camp this morning to retrieve their cache from about a thousand feet below. It only took them about 20 minutes to get to the cache site and a bit over an hour to…