Chris and company pulled into 14,200′ camp this evening, and are happily in their sleeping bags after eating another delicious meal. Tomorrow they will travel down glacier for about 30 minutes to pick up their cache of gear, and spend the afternoon reviewing skills needed to proceed higher on the mountain.
‘Hot’ was how 2nd guide Greg described the team’s carry to 13,500′ today. Besides the heat, everything went smooth, with the entire team continuing to perform strong despite the increased altitude.
Chris called from 11,200′ camp to report having backcarried their gear from Kahiltna pass into camp 2 at 11,200′. As strange as it may sound, he reported sweltering temperatures on the glacier during the day. This is quite common as the snow reflects about 95% of the sun’s intensity during the heat of the day,…
We just heard about another accident on Denali that occurred last night. This was not a Mountain Trip team. All our climbers are doing fine at this time. Details are not clear at this time, but apparently four climbers roped together fell while descending from Denali Pass. Two of the climbers did not survive. We…
The team moved strong from 7,800’camp to Kahiltna Pass to leave a cache of gear. Lead guide Chris Kerrick was impressed with the strength of the team, reporting that they had made the best carry of any of his 18 Denali expeditions. The mood sounds optimistic and the weather is seeming to cooperate, so if…
Not content to climb up and down the classic West Buttress, a handful of climbers have elected to climb up and over Denali to descend the wild and remote Muldrow Glacier route to the north. We call this our Denali Traverse climb, and we are the only guide service to run these trips year in…