The entire June 5th Team called from the top of North America! Over the course of two phone calls, the members of Mountain Trip’s June 5th West Buttress team called from the summit. They took their time, waited for a window that was a long time in coming, but their hard efforts paid off with…
We just received word that the team has mobilized and is moving up the route! We will update this trip report page when we have further communication with the team. Yay!
The team spent the day resting and hydrating at High Camp and enjoying the incredible views of the Alaska range from their vantage point at 17,200′. They had plenty to time to observe their next push up the mountain, as the notorious “Autobahn” looms over High camp. The plan is to climb to the summit…
Today the team descended approximately 700′ to their cache site at 13,500′ to retrieve the load of equipment and supplies that they left a few days ago. Lead Guide Aaron Diamond reports that the team was well fueled for their back carry and they are now thinking about their next move—caching on the ridge above…
The team called in from 7,800′ (2377 m) on the Kahiltna Glacier, after a great day of pushing their supplies higher on the mountain. In order to climb a big, cold mountain like Denali, teams need to plan to spend weeks on the mountain, which translates to a tremendous amount of food, fuel and supplies.…
WELCOME JUNE 19 TEAM! Denali, often called “The Great One,” or “The Roof of North America”, is often touted as the hardest of the Seven Summits, or highest peaks on each continent. Denali rises in stark contrast above the surrounding tundra, standing like an icy sentinel over south central Alaska, visible from over 100 miles…
Mountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in from High Camp on the West Buttress Route, at 17,200′! Taking advantage of the clear weather, the team climbed up the steep headwall and fixed lines out of 14-Camp, ascending a strenuous 3,000′ of vertical to reach High Camp. They set up camp last night for a good…
The June 9 West Buttress team has arrived at 14,200′, their Camp 3 on the route. Mountain Trip guides Travis and Blake called in an update after the team made a hearty spaghetti dinner in camp after a long day of climbing, gaining approximately 3,000′ of elevation between Camp 2 and Camp 3. While some…
While the update is a bit difficult to understand, we believe that this audio was called in by the June 17 Denali West Buttress team, who are camped at 7,800′. It is highly likely that the team spent today bringing a cache of gear and supplies to the top of Ski Hill at 10,500′, to…