The team is back in Talkeetna after a long push through deep snow and tough weather to get to base camp. Our friends at Talkeetna Air Taxi went above and beyond (once again) to get the team out in a small break in the weather late last night. The climbers put in a ton of…
Lead guide Marty Schmidt called in an update from 14,200′ camp. He provided some additional details of their summit day, which sounds like a tough one. Great job by everyone! They are going to head back down towards the airstrip at 7,200′ and should be back in Talkeetna in the next day or so (weather…
Kevin Koprek called from 14,200′ with an update. The team has been stuck at camp due to deep snow with unstable layers on the slopes above them. Kevin described it as a “layer cake of snow,” meaning multiple weak layers, with a thicker slab towards the top, a result of the wind event that followed…
The team is sitting at their camp in the broad basin of 14,200′ Camp. The snow has been falling steadily, and they are waiting for conditions to improve before making a push up to the 17,200′ high camp. Reports of chest deep snow mean that they will have their work cut out for them, when…
The June 24th team is sitting tight at the big basin camp at 14,200′. They are on day 18 of their expedition and are discussing some very tough choices that are before them. They really need to head up soon, or they will run up against the projected “end date” of their trip. Some of…
Lead guide Marty Schmidt called in a post at 3 am after Team Honey Badgers returned from the summit of Denali! They saw a relatively narrow window of opportunity and headed up. It sounds like the weather was fairly burly at times, and it took them a long time to make the round trip to…
Yesterday Marty called in to report that the team put in fixed lines up to approximately 16,800 ft. They encountered deep snow (up to their chests!) and high winds, which made it hard work. But the weather cleared at the end of the day and when Marty phoned at 10 PM, the sun was shining…
The message is garbled, but yesterday the June 26th team called in to report that they were hanging tough at 14,000 ft camp. They are in good company, sharing 14,000 ft camp with another Mountain Trip team, but it sounds like they are anxious to keep heading up the mountain. Once the weather clears and…
Yesterday Tessa and Cason called in to report new snow and good reading at 14,000 ft camp. The team has been kept busy shoveling the accumulating snow, but they have also found time to relax and enjoy the beautiful light high up on the mountain. Once the weather and the snow conditions settle, the team…
Yesterday Karin from South Africa called in a report from the June 24th team. She said that they had lots of wind and approximately 3 ft of new snow at camp. The team will allow the snow to settle and the weather to clear before moving up to high camp at 17,000 ft. The team…