May 16, 2018
Fritz Bachmair calls in a very funny update on the May 11 Denali West Buttress Team. We certainly got a kick out of this one. From this description, it sounds like the team is really starting to get to know one another -- and the typical conditions on the mountain
May 16, 2018
Mountain Trip guide Zack Keskinen called in from 11,200' yesterday evening, May 16, as the team spent the day weathered in at Camp Two at 11,200'. Today they hope to move higher on the route if the weather cooperates. Here's Zack!
May 16, 2018
Brian Muller called in from 11,200', Camp Two, with an update on the May 8th Denali West Buttress team, who are taking a weather and rest day today. They awoke to high winds, moderate snowfall and poor visibility convincing them to take a weather day to rest rather than attempting
May 15, 2018
Mountain Trip guide Brett Baekey called in for the May 13 Denali West Buttress Expedition, who are still unfortunately waiting on a weather window to fly into the Alaska Range in Talkeetna. Yesterday, they made it to the further reaches of the range's glaciers when their pilot decided to turn
May 15, 2018
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in an update on the May 10 Denali expedition with climber Brian Dagg; with guide Zack Keskinen on lead. The team was able to move up to Camp Two at 11,200' from 7,800' in variable conditions--which Jason colorfully equated to "walking through a milk
May 15, 2018
Climber Matthias Aumayr called in an update for the May 11th Denali West Buttress team, who was able to set their cache today near the summit of Kahiltna Pass, above Ski Hill, to put them in good position for their jaunt up to Camp Two. The weather finally cleared for
May 15, 2018
Guide Karl Welter updated us that the May 13 Denali West Buttress team is waiting on their weather window in Talkeetna to fly onto the Kahiltna Glacier to Denali Base Camp. Often, the weather may be clear at higher elevations, but low hanging clouds impede visibility; flying through large, glaciated
May 14, 2018
Mountain Trip guide Slator Aplin called in from Camp One at 7,800' with an update on the May 11 Denali West Buttress team! While he called in at around 9 p.m., the sun in Alaska is nowhere near setting this time of year, and they were likely in nearly full
May 14, 2018
Guide Fischer Hazen called in an update for the May 8th West Buttress team, who are camped at 11,200' camp. They spent yesterday "back carrying" down the route to retrieve supplies that they cached earlier at Kahiltna Pass at around 10,500', and bringing them up to camp. The weather has
May 14, 2018
The team moved up to Camp 2 today at an elevation of 11,000 ft. It was a beautiful sunny day and they enjoyed the spectacular views from this camp and enjoyed nice weather for climbing. They are doing great and settled in for the night, planning to sleep in tomorrow
