May 18, 2019
The May 6 team is making great progress up the route after a good weather window the past couple of days! After a long push from 11,200', the team made the move up to 14,200'--commonly known as "14-Camp." They spent a long night after their arrival building camp: leveling tent
May 17, 2019
Guide Kakiko Ramos Léon called in an update for the Mountain Trip May 13 team, who has made it up to 11,200' Camp, also known as Camp Two, on the West Buttress. Despite challenging early-season weather, the team anticipates being able set a cache up around Windy Corner at approximately
May 16, 2019
Today the team moved a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site at 10,000'. It sounds like the everything went smoothly and the team is back at camp, enjoying a dinner prepared by guide Logan. It's begun snowing and the team will carefully monitor the weather to determine
May 16, 2019
Lead Guide Brian Kramp called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200' (3413m) after the team carried loads up to 13,500' (4114m) today. They are doing great and hoping to move up to their next camp tomorrow! The morning started with a 1000' (300m) climb up a slope known
May 16, 2019
Peter and Melle called in from 14,200' (4328m) today, providing us an update for their May 3rd Denali team. They have been experiencing very cold temperatures and strong winds for a number of days. Today, the weather was good enough to move up from their previous camp and around the
May 15, 2019
The team took advantage of the calm, clear weather yesterday to move from Base Camp to Camp 1 at 7800'. Mark called in the update, and he reports that the team moved well and was feeling good after the 5 mile trek up the Kahiltna glacier. It sounds like the
May 15, 2019
The team is making great progress, moving up the Kahiltna glacier from Base Camp to Camp 1. It was a calm, clear day and Kevin reports the move went well. The guide team is keeping the climbers well fed (steaks!!) and it sounds like everyone is having a good time.
May 15, 2019
Frank Fumich called in from 11,200' to update us all on the May 6th Denali team. Today, they did a "backcarry" downhill to the site of their previous cache. This entailed a 20-30 minute stroll downhill and then they dug up the supplies they buried under the snow a couple
May 14, 2019
The team arrived at Base Camp! Lead guide Yoshiko reports that it was a smooth flight to Base Camp, and the team is enjoying a hot meal and a beautiful, calm evening. The plan is to eat, relax, then head up the Kahiltna glacier tomorrow to Camp 1 at 7800'.
May 14, 2019
Welcome to Alaska, Eric and Kevin! This will be our 46th consecutive season guiding on Denali, and we're honored to welcome the May 13 Private West Buttress team and all of the other climbers that have trusted us to help them test their fortitude on the highest mountain in North
