June 23, 2021
Lead guide Elias called in an update on the June 16 West Buttress Team who spent their day caching at 13,600'. The team traded out snowshoes and poles for crampons and ice axes to ascend up Squirrel and Motorcycle Hill to place a cache near Windy Corner. It sounds like
June 23, 2021
Guide Jesse Yon called in for the West Rib team who made the move up to 14-Camp today! They pushed up from Camp Two in less-than ideal weather, even encountering a fair amount of wind at Windy Corner (living up to its namesake!) on their final push up to camp.
June 23, 2021
A bit of satire courtesy of climber June 9 Denali Team, who are tempted to resort to cannibalism! Just kidding, says climber Ross Jobson. Chef and guide Maddie Crowell was on dinner, which sounds like it was a crowd pleaser. The team is obviously keeping in high spirits as they
June 23, 2021
Climber Grant Maughan called in an update on the June 13th West Buttress Team, hunkered down at 14-Camp (Camp Three) preparing to weather a bit of a storm that's forecasted to come through over the next couple of days. The wind and snow was starting to move in to camp
June 23, 2021
Climber Julie Leigh called in an update on the June 17 West Buttress team, back at camp after a day of heading up the route to set a cache at around 13,500' around Windy Corner. Other teams in the area have mentioned that Windy Corner lived up to its namesake
June 23, 2021
Jesse Wright called in an update for the June 22nd team, who has arrived at Denali Base Camp! Unfortunately Jesse cuts out before he can go through introductions for the team, but check out their photos below from their flight out! See the previous "Meet the Team" post for them
June 23, 2021
Andrew Alexander King reported in from our June 20th West Buttress team's Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier. It's hard to tell if they are having any fun at all - NOT! Through the chuckles and laughter, he was able to share a very nice update that the team put
June 22, 2021
Lead Guide Elías de Andrés Martos called in on behalf of Sue and Andrew from the beautiful basin camp at 11,000' on the Wets Buttress of Denali. The weather was a bit iffy today and they decided not to push the high winds that were scouring the route above them.
June 22, 2021
Skip Drew Called in from Genet Basin at 14,200 feet on the West Buttress route of Denali. The team has been watching the weather forecast and planning their move to High Camp, three thousand feet above. The forecast has been a bit mixed, but seems to be improving, so they
June 22, 2021
Andrew Alexander King rang via satellite phone from 7,800 feet on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team departed early in the morning from their Base Camp at 7,200' on a tributary glacier known as the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna. Their day began by hiking downhill, pulling heavy sleds and managing
