Lead guide Scott Woolums says good morning from sunny 14,200′! The May 30 Denali West Buttress team is resting at Camp 3 after caching extra food and supplies below High Camp. They are waiting on a team member to regain their strength and feel up to the steep push up to High Camp, which is…
Lead Guide Constantine Sevaris called in to report that he and the members of our May 28th Denali team pushed hard yesterday and climbed up to High Camp at 17,200 feet on the West Buttress of Denali! It sounds like conditions were tough for part of the way, with wind and snow making travel challenging…
Mountain Trip appreciates the trust and support of our climbers and another team of adventurers have chosen to join us in Anchorage today, to finalize their preparations to attempt the West Buttress route on North America’s highest peak – Denali, which soars to an elevation of 20,310 feet, a full 18,000′ above the surrounding landscape.…
Our guide Karl Welter called in from Camp 2 on the West Buttress, located in a stunning basin at the elevation of 11,200′. The team slept in this morning, ate a big breakfast and then dropped downhill to the site of their cache from a couple days ago. They are double carrying their way up…
Pachi and Scott called in after the May 30 team took a rest day at 14,200′ today. They worked hard yesterday, carrying loads of supplies up the steepest part of the route, to an elevation of about 16,400′. Today, they rested, ate lots of food and organized their equipment for the upper mountain. Pachi y…
Nicholas Gough called in on behalf of our June 1st team. They dropped down about 700′ to their cache site today, which was a sort of active rest day, although in the thin air of 14,000 feet, even a mellow day can feel like hard work!! After retrieving the cache that they had buried in…
Mike called in from our May 28th team, giving us an update on the team’s progress thus far. They have been having some trouble connecting with their satellite phone, so Mike apologized for the team not checking in recently. We are working to remedy that situation. The team carried up onto the ridge above the…
Mountain Trip lead Guide Dan Starr called in on the behalf of the May 22 West Buttress Expedition, who has headed back down to base camp after a successful summit of Denali. Dan apologized for not sending updates after the team reached the summit, as they had a few busy days getting everything in order…
Josh Miller, assistant guide on the May 30 private West Buttress Expedition called in with an update on the team’s progress on the high mountain. The team cached above Washburn’s Thumb, and enjoyed the views on the ridge below High Camp. Josh noted that everyone is doing well and they’re a “super strong” team. They…
The May 28 Mountain Trip Denali team went up on the fixed lines above 14-Camp today, the steepest and most intimidating section of the West Buttress Route, to leave a cache near High Camp. They enjoyed a spectacular walk in good weather along the ridge towards 17,200 ft. The team is resting back at 14,200…