June 13, 2021
For everyone, it's been an unprecedented year, and we're happy to be back in the Alaska Range after a year hiatus. We'd like to extend a warm welcome to the June 13 Denali West Buttress Team, currently making their way to Alaska! The team will meet in Anchorage today after
June 13, 2021
Lead guide Brian Muller called in an update from the June 3 West Buttress team, settling in at their new home for a few days, Camp Three at 14,200'! Reaching 14,000' on the route is a bit of a milestone, and you get the sense that you are truly making
June 12, 2021
Guide Rob Caldwell called in an update on (part of) the May 27 West Buttress team from High Camp. Rob and Terry are taking a rest day to prepare for tomorrow, which will hopefully be their summit day! They will pair up with the May 30th West Buttress Team for
June 12, 2021
Climber Callie Higgins called in an update from Camp Two at 11,200' for the June 6 West Buttress Team! Everyone on the team is feeling strong, so they departed at 3:30 am from Camp One, in the cold morning air by the light of the midnight sun. They cached gear
June 12, 2021
Climber Leif called in an update on the other half of the May 30 from 14,200' camp on the route. The team decided to split, with Terry and guide Rob sticking around at High Camp for as long as the trip will allow, hoping for a good summit window. Today,
June 11, 2021
Lead Mountain Trip guide Kristin Arnold called in an update from Denali High Camp at 17,200'. This move will put the team in place to make an attempt on the summit if the weather allows! There has been a good weather window for teams to reach the summit over the
June 11, 2021
Mountain Trip lead guide Jason Denley called in an update from the June 6 West Buttress Team at Camp One. The team has begun traveling on a night schedule to move across the lower glacier when it is at its most solid. That means that the team had a midnight
June 11, 2021
Congratulations to our May 23rd West Buttress team! They called in from the 20,310 foot summit of Denali, after climbing to the top under amazingly bluebird conditions! Lead Guide Yoshikp Miyazaki reported that it was a warm day on top of North America, after passing the satellite phone around to
June 11, 2021
The June 9 Denali West Buttress Team has made it to Camp One on the glacier! We apologize for not having a meet the team posted sooner. The June 9 team will be heading up the classic West Buttress route, first pioneered in 1951 by legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn. The
June 11, 2021
Jesse Wright and Leif Anderson called in from the summit of Denali! The team made good time en route to the top of North America, reaching the 20,310' summit in about seven hours from their 17,200' High Camp. We don't have more details at this time, and it sounded like
