[slideshow] Here are some images of the terrain that the team is hiking through. There are two shots of tents in the Camp 1 area, one looking roughly down glacier with Mount Hunter slightly visible through the clouds, and another looking up glacier past a couple camps with Ski Hill in the background. Another, with…
Henry called in yesterday evening to report that the team packed up all their kit and moved five miles up the vast Kahiltna Glacier to a spot at about 7,800′ (2380m) where they set up their Camp 1. The spot is off the point where the Northeast Fork of the Kahiltna comes out from the…
Hi folks, The April 24th team has called in a post from 7,800 feet on the Kahiltna glacier. They are planning to hike up and cache some food above “ski Hill”, then come back down to camp. Click to hear the update: [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/audio-post-2011-04-27-04-22-07.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
The April 24th team is en route to KIA (Kahiltna International Airport), located at 7,200′ (2200m) on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. They left Anchorage at about 8 am this morning and drove 45 minutes to the famous town of Wasilla, Alaska (“I can see Russia from my yard!”) where they took a…
The team met one another today in Anchorage. I’ve not gotten a report as to how everything went, which means that everyone’s kit looked good, with no significant omissions. Denali requires a certain amount of specific clothing and equipment that you don;t need for most other mountains. Sometimes you don’t need it all on Denali,…
I just spoke with lead guide Dave Staeheliearlier this afternoon, who reported that the guides had all the food and equipment packed for our April 24th team. Tomorrow, they will meet the climbers at the iconic Earth Bed and Breakfast, near downtown Anchorage. Tomorrow is a pretty full day that will begin with a team…
Welcome to the dispatch page for Mountain Trip’s April 24th West Buttress Expedition. Conventional wisdom holds that the “Denali climbing season” begins on May 1st. We’re not certain how Denali reads the calender, but we have been happy to offer late April expeditions for the past six years and have enjoyed the more wild feel…