We would like to welcome the May 7 Private West Buttress Team! We’re so excited to be along for the ride and don’t take lightly that touching the pearly white slopes of Denali is a life goal for many after several months of training and years spent on mountains locally and around the world. The…
We would like to welcome the May 7 West Buttress team! We’re so excited to be along for the ride and don’t take lightly that touching the pearly white slopes of Denali is a life goal for many after several months of training and years spent on mountains locally and around the world. The team will…
Josh calls in to let us know they made it to Camp 2. After a nice nap, the team is gearing up to make the final push through the very early hours of the morning into Basecamp. This time of year, the lower glacier offers the best conditions when it is most frozen which is…
Team Brazil left Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m) yesterday and descended into Camp 2 at 11,200′ (3413m). Due to the warmer conditions found on the glacier this time of year, teams are traveling largely at night (or really, early in the morning) when the glacier is most frozen. This provides teams with the best travel…
The June 22nd team has made it back down to Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m). They will rest up here, and eat some other food besides backpacker meals! After some rest, and waiting for the glacier to freeze up again overnight, they will make their way back down to Basecamp. Soon they will be catching…
After spending the night in High Camp after their summit attempt, Team Brazil has made it back down to Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m). They will rest up here, hydrate, eat something besides backpacker meals, and start making their way back down to Basecamp and soon be catching a flight back to Talkeetna. Here’s Gustavo…
The June 21 team put in a big effort for a summit attempt yesterday. This is a huge day, covering over 3,000′ of elevation gain and 5.5 miles round trip. The day can take teams anywhere from 10-18 hours to accomplish. During that time, a multitude of factors can come into play and change throughout…
We are so excited to hear that yet another Mountain Trip team has touched the frozen reaches of Denali’s summit at 20,310′ (6190m)! It is a big day to make the summit push, ranging from a 10 hour to 14 hour day. The team saw some of the most technical terrain they have yet had…
The June 20 team made it back into High Camp late last night after a long day on the mountain. They tucked into warm bags after being out in the elements for several hours and I’m sure slept very hard. Today they will pack up and start making their way back to Basecamp! A High…
This super stoked team made their way up to 17,200′ (5242m)! They are now settled into High Camp. They retraced their steps from their cache day, first starting up the Bunny Hill for a couple of hours until they reached the fixed lines. Here, they attached their ascenders and scurried up the ropes to the…