The team was able to battle the wind and snow yesterday enough to go back down to their cache and pick up their food and fuel. The weather has been pretty rough for the last day or two with over 2 feet of new snow at the 11,000 ft camp. They hope to be able…
The weather has come back into the Alaska Range, with wind and snow at nearly all elevations of the mountain today. The June 23 team is hunkered down at Camp 3 (14,200 ft) and waiting for things to improve so they can continue their climb. Today they may see a break in the weather and…
The team endured some pretty rough weather with more wind and snow making even descending Denali a challenge. They made it down to base camp early this morning after traveling through the night, and are back in the relative civilization of Talkeetna for breakfast this morning. Our van will pick them up and they’ll be…
Dawn Weaver called in from 14,200′ after the team took a rather leisurely day today. They slept in this morning, getting some well deserved rest following the tough day of moving up from 11,200′ the day before. The smell of pancakes grilling in the kitchen tent greeted the climbers when they awoke. After a slow…
Lead Guide Adam Smith called in from 11,200′ this afternoon. The team arrived just before a challenging snow storm hit camp, dropping 20 inches (.5m) of snow amidst 30 mph winds. The result was that they had to spend some time digging their tents out from firmly set up drifts of snow! The weather abated…
Durny and Jurgen are making their way back down to Base Camp, but it’s been a bit slow going due to the tough weather conditions. They stayed at 11 Camp last night, and if the conditions permit they will continue their descent today.
The team gave the summit a really good attempt, but it wasn’t in the cards. They headed to the top two days ago, but it was slow going and they had some issues with one climber having trouble with a crampon falling off. They topped out at approximately 18,200′ and had a pow wow, in…
In the face of yet another day of tough, whiteout conditions, the team pushed up from their previous camp and have established themselves in a large basin at 14,200′. This camp is often bustling with other climbing teams and is also home to a large National Park Service presence. The Rangers maintain a camp here…
Our guide Josh Garner called in from the basin camp at 11,200′. The team has been in a blizzard today, with lots of snow falling and whiteout conditions. They were unable to carry loads up higher on the mountain today, due to the snow and lack of visibility. Hopefully, tomorrow will dawn a bit less…
Our guide Travis Williams called in from the team’s Camp 1 at 7,800′. The team is planning to move to Camp 2 at 11,200′ tonight, when the glacier firms up in the chill of the Alaskan night time.