The team called in from Base Camp yesterday at 7,200′ (2194m). Base Camp is located on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, a tributary of the mile wide and 40 mile long Kahiltna Glacier. After days of packing, months of preparation, and perhaps years of anticipation, this is the moment when it all starts…
Heather reports the team had another weather day at Camp 3 yesterday. The upper mountain has been experiencing high winds and frigid temps, so they have not been able to put in their last cache at 16,200′ (4937m) just yet. The team took advantage of the day, though. And took some time to practice their…
Mary calls in from Camp 2 last night to report the team took their first “active rest day”. They traveled back down to their cache site at 10,200′ (3108m) to retrieve their gear and bring it back up to Camp 2. This only takes a few hours, and the team was able to spend the…
The team reports a successful move to Camp 2 yesterday. After making breakfast, coffee, and melting snow for drinking water. The team packed their camp up, tied into their rope teams, slathered on some sun screen, and started off. They started their morning ascending 1,200′ (365m) up Ski Hill onto the rolling hills of the…
We would like to welcome the May 27 West Buttress team to Alaska! 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…
This report was pretty tough to make out, but I think this is coming from the May 22 team! I do know they successfully moved camp from Camp 1 to Camp 2 yesterday, and plan to backcarry (walk down to their cache site at 10,200′ (3108m) to retrieve their cache). The team now resides at…
Derek calls in a nicely detailed update from Camp 3 last night. This is the teams 3rd day in Camp 3. They have set up their cache at 16,200′ (4937m) but have been held back from moving up the mountain due to weather. All of our teams higher up on the mountain are in the same…
Khalid reports the team took a rest day at Camp 3 yesterday. The team is feeling strong, and they walked to The Edge of the World to check out the view. The Edge of the World is where the basin that Camp 3 rests on drops a dramatic 6,000′ (1828m) to the Southeast Fork of…
Yesterday the team got up and chose fuel, food, gear, and other supplies that they wouldn’t need for a few days. They packed these items up, tied in to their rope teams, and started the day by ascending the 1,800′ foot (548m) hill directly above Camp 1 known as Ski Hill. Once a top Ski…
The team didn’t call in a report last night, but they did let us know they hit the ground running! The team flew into Basecamp yesterday and immediately began their move to Camp 1, arriving a little after 7p. Nice work! Camp 1 is at 7,800′ (2377m), and sits at the base of Ski Hill.…