Mountain Trip Guide Logan Demarcus called in from 7,800′ on the vast Kahiltna Glacier. He, Alan Snyder and Lead Guide Nick Nason made the five mile trek from Base Camp in the early hours of pre-dawn, and enjoyed great conditions, with a firm trail up the glacier. As the day warmed with the sun of…
Brigitte Frost Noehr called in from the team’s new home at 11,200′ (3414m), located in a very pretty, west facing bowl (at least, I think it was Brigitte – she used a shortened version of her name…). The team got an early start to miss the heat of the day. They packed up camp at…
CONGRATULATIONS! The June 4th West Buttress team called from the tallest point of North America! The team showed patience and it paid off – they are on the summit on a beautiful, warm day. They departed this morning and climbed 1000′ (300m) up a fairly steep, rising traverse, known in the dark humor of Alaskan…
Lead Guide Brian Muller updated us on his team, which is resting today at 14,200′ (4328m), after numerous days of hard work to reach this point. Their plan is to move up to High Camp at 17,200′ (5243m) tomorrow and see what the weather does. They are making great time on their Denali expedition, and…
Lead Guide Jacob Schmitz called in from above a feature known as Zebra Rocks, as the June 4th team is headed to the summit of Denali! They are three hours into their cummit bid, and based on their reported location – they are doing great! We’ll keep updates coming as we learn of them. In…
We’ve received another update from the June 4th team, safe and back at camp. We’ll be cheering on the team! recording
Lead guide Fischer reports blue skies, calm winds, and firm ice—a perfect combination of conditions for moving up the glacier. It sounds like all is well and everyone is enjoying the lower glacier. The plan is to move to 11 Camp, tomorrow. Here’s Fischer: recording
We received word that the June 4th team turned back during their summit bid today. They made a hard push for the summit, but the weather was not in their favor and the decision was made to drop back to High Camp and wait for another shot at the top. One Mountain Trip team did…
Allan reports that he’s feel well, the weather is good, and there’s a lot of daylight! The team is making its way up the Kahiltna glacier, and all is well. Here’s Allan: recording
It was a big day for the June 12 team, the first day of climbing on the upper mountain(above 14 Camp. The terrain immediately above the big 14 Camp starts out pretty mellow, but the slope increases as the climbers ascend. After about an hour of hiking, the snow starts to get quite steep, culminating…