May 20, 2026
The May 17th team is putting their grounded days to good use, drilling fixed line skills while they wait for a window to fly. Practicing techniques like ascending and descending on fixed ropes, clipping in and out of carabiners efficiently, and managing rope teams in different scenarios is some of
May 19, 2026
The May 9th team seems to be handling life in the snowstorm well. When climbers get stuck in extended storm cycles on Denali, the camp itself often becomes the project. Snow shovels come out, blocks get cut, and what started as a basic tent platform slowly evolves into something with
May 19, 2026
The May 11th team seems to be handling life in the snowstorm well. Tent life during a Denali storm is its own kind of art form. The day gets broken up by small routines. Boiling water for hot drinks, swapping shifts on cook duty, digging out tent entrances after
May 19, 2026
The May 14th team sounds like they're bonding well at Camp 2! No surprise there — going through the shared experience of being tent-bound during a Denali storm tends to bring a team together quickly. It sounds like they're making the most of their downtime and getting creative with the
May 19, 2026
It sounds like their transmission was cut short, but our May 16th team is still enjoying the big city of Talkeetna, Alaska. A reality of trying to climb in the Alaska Range is that the weather has its own schedule, and sometimes it just doesn't line up with yours. Climbers
May 19, 2026
We are kicking off our fourth trip of the 2026 Denali Season! Welcome to the May 19th crew. We acknowledge that, for many, reaching the summit of Denali is a lifelong goal and the culmination of many months of training and years spent in the mountains, and we are honored
May 19, 2026
Our May 16th team is now two days into their time in Talkeetna and settling into the rhythm of pre-expedition life. The weather hasn't yet given them the green light to fly, but the team has been making excellent use of their time on the ground. Today was a productive
May 19, 2026
The May 14th team made it to Camp 2 today, though the day ran longer than expected. A busy track on the route and tough conditions meant the team had to wait on other recreational parties at several points, which slowed their overall pace. The team pushed through a tough
May 18, 2026
Our May 17th team arrived in Talkeetna yesterday (May 18), but as is so often the case with expeditions into the Alaska Range, the weather has plans of its own. There's a familiar checklist that every team works through after pulling into Talkeetna, and the order it gets tackled in
May 18, 2026
The May 9th team spent today at Camp 2 running through skills drills, making the most of another day held in place by weather. Rather than let a long stretch of tent time go to waste, the team turned the day into an opportunity to sharpen the techniques they'll lean
