June 11, 2017
Ted Lebedz called in a nice shout out to family in Omaha and the teams at Joint Base Elmendorf, as he gave us an update on the team. The weather finally broke! After days of rain and wet, heavy snow, the climbers were graced with beautiful views of the Alaska
June 11, 2017
Mountain Trip guide Aaron Diamond called in with the first update on the June 9 Denali West Buttress team, who have arrived at Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier after waiting out a few days of bad weather in Talkeetna before they could fly into the Alaska Range. Here's a
June 11, 2017
Mountain Trip guide Yoshiko Miyazaki-Back called in an update on the private May 24 expedition, who have made the long trek down from 14-Camp at 14,200' to Base Camp. The team walked all through the night, descending 7,000 vertical feet and crossing the lower glacier at the darkest point of
June 11, 2017
Mountain Trip lead guide Adam Smith called in from Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier with an update on the May 19 West Buttress Team, who have safely descended and are waiting for a flight out to Talkeetna. After a difficult decision to turn around due to weather, they made
June 11, 2017
Mountain Trip guide Erin Laine called in for the June 2 Denali West Buttress team, who were able to move up to 14,200' from 11,200', despite poor weather and high winds. Here's Erin!
June 11, 2017
Mountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in an update for the June 5 West Buttress team, who are camped at 11,200' on the route keeping busy during a persistent low pressure system that has brought heavy snow and low visibility to the range. Yesterday, the team "back carried" from their
June 10, 2017
Mountain Trip guide Taylor Pyle called in an update on Shan's May 28 Denali West Buttress team, who are camped at 14,200' for their fourth day now, waiting on better weather conditions to move up the route. The team has served as a sort of welcome committee to other Mountain
June 10, 2017
Climber Scott Wheeler called in for the May 22 Denali West Buttress team, who made the difficult decision to turn back from High Camp at 17,500' and abandon their summit bid due to bad and worsening weather up high. They have now been on the mountain for over 19 days,
June 10, 2017
Mountain Trip guide Karl Welter called in with an update for the June 2 Denali West Buttress Team, who have now spent four nights at their camp 11,200', unable to move higher due to weather. Often, the clouds hover at around 11,000', just above Kahiltna Pass, making for low visibility
June 9, 2017
Mountain Trip guide Jesse Wright called in on behalf of the May 27 Denali West Buttress team, who have been weathering the storm at 14,200' for just under a week now. Climbing Denali often depends on the will of the mountain--not of the climbers--but the team also must keep their
