Mountain Trip lead guide Jason Denley called in an update from the June 6 West Buttress Team at Camp One. The team has begun traveling on a night schedule to move across the lower glacier when it is at its most solid. That means that the team had a midnight alarm set to leave base…
Lead guide Jason Denley calls in from Basecamp on the Kahiltna Glacier. After a very patient few days in Talkeetna they were able to snag a weather window and fly in with Talkeetna Air Taxi. The team has set up camp and is planning to make a move to Camp 1 during the middle of…
The June 6 Denali team is waiting for weather to clear so they can fly into the Alaska Range today. The flight into the basecamp of Denali is the first obstacle and they need good visibility to fly into the middle of the range in a ski plane. It isn’t uncommon for teams to experience…
Lead guide Jason Denley called in an update on the June 6 West Buttress Team who was on their way into the Alaska Range… and unfortunately had to come right back out. As soon as the team was above the Ruth Glacier, weather moved in and unfortunately they had to turn around and retreat to…
Our 47th Denali season is well underway with quite a few teams on the mountain. We would like to welcome the latest expedition, the June 6 Denali West Buttress Team, to Alaska! For many mountaineers, climbing Denali is a massive dream, a lifelong goal, and the culmination of months (or years) of training and preparation.…