May 27 team is back in Talkeetna! It was a bit of a run around to get out, but that is how these things go sometimes. We’re glad to hear the team had a good time on the mountain and were psyched they were able to touch the summit as well. A summit is never…
Corell let us know that the team was actually not able to fly out of Basecamp yesterday morning due to cloud cover. They hope to be able to get out tomorrow although the weather isn’t looking prime tomorrow either. It’s tough to get stuck at Basecamp at the end of such a long journey, but…
Lucy calls in to let us know the team has successfully made it back into Basecamp. They are at the runway to catch a flight back to Talkeetna! Congratulations Team! Here they are: recording
After a perfect weather window for a summit push, and standing on the tallest point in North America, the team descended back into High Camp. Spending the night here, they packed up yesterday morning to descend into Camp 3 where they are resting up for their final push back into Basecamp! They should be flying…
Congratulations to our 8th team to summit of the 2022 Denali season!! Great job team. The team left camp yesterday and climbed from 17,200′ (5242m) to 20,310′ (6190m). They spent a lot of time on some ridges, they crossed the steep slope known as the Autobahn, they traversed a flat high glacial expanse known as…
Correll updated us from High Camp last night! Yesterday the team packed up camp at Camp 3. They retraced their steps to their cache site at 16,200′ (4937m). First climbing 1,200′ (365m) to the bottom of the Fixed Lines, then ascending 800′ (243m) up the Fixed Lines to the ridge. From here they gain another…
David calls in from Camp 3. The team had a rest day yesterday after putting in a cache the day before on the 16 Ridge. The “16 Ridge” is the ridge above the Headwall (where the fixed lines are anchored) named such because the ridge is at 16,200′ (4937m). To get to the ridge, the…
Corell calls in to report the team has moved up to Camp 3! Getting to Camp 3 is always an exciting and somewhat pivotal point of the expedition. Many climbers congregate here (there is likely somewhere around 200 people at this camp right now) as they wait for their opportunity to move to High Camp…
The team enjoyed beautiful weather up to the cache at 13,500′ (4114m). At this point, the team will leave their snowshoes behind and mount their crampons. This is where the West Buttress route starts to get more interesting. Leaving Camp 2 the team first ascends Motorcycle Hill (named after the equally steep hills motorcyclists are…
Yesterday the team packed up camp at Camp 1 (7,800′ 2377m) and lugged it all first up Ski Hill which rises about 1,200′ above Camp 1. From here the team experiences some rolling terrain back up their cache site at 10,200′ (3108m). They continue climbing past the cache site up another hill into a small…