Denali May 30 Team – Report from Base Camp
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz called in a report from Denali Base Camp. The entire team made it in and everyone is very excited to hit the trail in the wee hours of the morning. Here’s Jacob: recording
Denali May 30 Team is on the Glacier!
The May 30th Team made the two hour drive north to the small, end of the road (literally!) town of Talkeetna Alaska. They finished their registration process with the National Park Service and attended an NPS orientation on the challenges of climbing Denali, before making their way to the airstrip to board a ski equipped…
Denali West Rib Team
Eli Potter called in from Apex Camp on the West Rib of Denali. The team had a big, hard day of climbing to reach this small perch at roughly 12,900′. They had to negotiate a very challenging bergschrund, which is a large, crack or crevasse that forms where the glacier of a valley pulls away…
Denali May 26 Team – Moved to 11,200′
Nicole Passage called in a nice post from the team’s new home at 11,200′ on Denali’s West Buttress. They have been capitalizing on the incredible weather and have only just experienced their first snow flurries of the trip. The 11,200′ basin camp is a stunning place, with big views to the west, looking out across…
Team Dariusz and Maciej! Heading to the Summit Tomorrow
Our guide Will Hockett called in from high camp at 17,200′ (5240m). The team of Maciej, Dariusz, Pablo and Will are all doing great and have been moving very well up the mountain. They are poised to make an attempt on the summit, if the weather looks good in the morning. The forecast looks favorable,…
Denali May 19 Team – Carried to the Ridge at 16,400′
Our guide Kyle Bates called in today from 14,200′. The team has been capitalizing on pretty amazing weather and pushed a load of supplies up the steepest part of the route today. They loaded up at camp and climbed about 1,400′ up moderate snow slopes to the base of a section known as The Headwall.…
May 30 Denali Team – Meet the Team!
This morning another team of climbers from around the world met a team of Mountain Trip guides at the Millennium Alaska Hotel in Anchorage to finish their preparations for an attempt on the classic West Buttress route of Denali. The West Buttress is an iconic route that climbs over 13,000′ from the southeast Fork of…
May 26 Team – Camped at 9700′
Lead Guide Peter Inglis and Rick Piette called in tonight’s update from their camp at about 9,700′ on the upper Kahiltna Glacier. The weather has been perfect and everyone is doing great. They made what we call a single carry up to this elevation, meaning that they packed up all their kit at their previous…
May 10 Team – Last Words from Lead Guide Karen
Well, We have returned to civilization! It’s been a couple days since we flew off the Kahiltna glacier, and the world has got us back. We completed our trip in Talkeetna with a big feast of burgers and fish sandwiches at the West Rib, after flying out of basecamp on the evening of May…
West Rib Team – Big, Exciting Day
The West Rib team made it up to the base of the West Rib proper today. They had a long, tough go of it as they made their way up the Northeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, aka “The Valley of Death.” The moniker is earned by the numerous crevasses that riddle the glacier as…