May 22, 2024
The May 14th West Rib Team (aka Team K2) is waiting for a weather window to allow them to move up to Camp 3! Audio Recording Katherine and Kathryn checked in from the beautiful 11,000-foot Camp 2. They have been moving great, but today, the mountain decided that they should
May 21, 2024
The May 13th Team (aka "Team SA & CO") left Camp 3 to retrieve their cache near Windy Corner and bring all of their food and equipment back up to the 14,200' camp! Assistant Guide Dan called in to give us the update. Listen by clicking the link below! Audio
May 21, 2024
Lead guide Harrison called in to let us know that the May 12th West Buttress Denali Expedition took a rest day today due to inclement weather. Give a listen: Audio Recording The May 12 team remained at 14 Camp due to low visibility, cold, snowy, and windy conditions. However, everyone
May 21, 2024
Lead Guide Jacob Schmitz called in with the first audio dispatch of the May 19th West Buttress Denali Expedition! Give it a listen below! Audio Recording Due to some lousy weather, the May 19th Team spent the day in Basecamp... But, they made the most of it by going over
May 21, 2024
We are excited to introduce and welcome our 7th Denali team of the season: the May 19th West Buttress Team! 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
May 21, 2024
Lead Guide Harrison calls in from Camp 3 to announce that the May 12th West Buttress Denali Expedition made the move up to 14,200' today! Harrison also gets the prize for calling in with the longest and best audio quality satellite phone call of the season, thus far! It sounds
May 20, 2024
Lead Guide Matt Park with the May 17th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in from 9600' where they are spending the night at the intermediate camp between Camp 1 and Camp 2. Since this small team only has 3 members, and since each team member is a large strong individual,
May 20, 2024
The audio dispatch below is in Japanese (can anyone out there translate?!) but we believe it is from the May 10th West Buttress Denali Expedition who successfully navigated the Headwall and their notorious fixed lines to put in a cache on the 16,000' Ridge above Camp 3! Audio Recording Nice
May 20, 2024
Climber Ret Taylor from Team "SA & CO" once again calls in to give us an update on the status of the team. We're excited to announce that they have moved up to Camp 3, joining our other Mountain Trip teams at 14,200'! Check out Ret's update from the field
May 19, 2024
Assistant Guide Boaz calls in from the May 17th West Buttress Denali Team calls in to report that they made quick work of the lower Kahiltna Glacier and are now resting at Camp 1. Most notably, Boaz reports that they did not need snowshoes to cross the flat glacier between
