The team climbed up to 16,200 ft today to acclimatize for their move to high camp and to cache a bit of food and fuel. It’s a big day as they encounter some of the steepest terrain of the trip, and a 600 vertical foot section of fixed lines used for protection. Here’s Adam with…
Congratulations to all the climbers on the June 24th team who reached the summit of Denali today! It was a windy day, and the weather was deteriorating in the afternoon, but they were able to get to the summit and are now back safely in high camp. Here’s guide Ted Grosgebauer with the evening audio…
Eli called in this evening to give us an update on the team. They moved up from the 11,000 camp yesterday after waiting out some bad weather for 6 days. They are pretty happy to be climbing again! Listen to Eli. recording
The climbers pushed for the summit today, but their brief window of good weather shut down again and they were forced to turn around before getting to the top today. It hard to make the decision to turn around, but we are happy to hear that they are all safely back in camp tonight. Here’s…
The team arrived in base camp this evening after descending through the night last night from high camp. They gave it a good effort, and waited out a bunch of bad weather, but ran out of time on their trip. They are waiting in base camp now, as the continued cloudy weather isn’t allowing planes…
Pearl and Anis along with guides Kim Grant and Dan Starr left for the summit this morning as they watched the weather improve a bit. They hope to take advantage of a break from the winds and snow and get to the top late today. Cason and Tyler remained in high camp and will be…
Well, the weather finally let up a little, and the team packed up camp and departed the 11,200′ basin for a new home! They climbed up the moderately steep Motorcycle Hill in cold and windy conditions, but the wind slackened as their morning went on, and by the time the arrived at 14,200′, it was…
The June 15th team had an interesting day on Denali, and they are spread out in a couple of different camps as Suzanne is descending with a cold injury on one hand accompanied by Beau and teamed up with another Mountain Trip team. Cason joined yet a different Mountain Trip team with just one other…
Viviane called in from the June 24th Team from High Camp at 17,200 ft this evening. They woke to much nicer weather than was forecast, and made the climb up another 3000 ft to high camp. They could go to the summit as early as tomorrow if the weather cooperates. recording
It’s been a stormy few days on Denali and temperatures have returned to “Arctic” in the Alaska Range in the last week. We went from some record breaking hot days with sunshine, right into a classic Denali low pressure storm system with moderate winds, clouds and light snow. Some of the teams managed to move…