June 1, 2017
Congratulations to our May 15th "All Starr Team!" They called from the summit of Denali in two separate messages, after working hard through weeks of adverse weather and intense cold. Great work guys! We'll let them share their day in their own words. Here is the team!!! And the rest
June 1, 2017
Lead Guide Sebastian "Seba" Grau called from the summit of Denali!!! The team climbed up to the top of North America in just under seven hours today, starting out in cold temperatures, but light winds. They enjoyed a clear, beautiful day as they made their way up the last 3000'
June 1, 2017
Brian Muller called in from 11,200' to bring us up to speed on our May 27 West Buttress team. They dropped back down to their cache site today, descending about 1700' to dig up the buried supplies thy had left in a snow pit a couple days ago. The weather
May 31, 2017
Mountain Trip guide Glenn Cramer called in on behalf of Shan Huang and the Mountain Trip May 28 team. They had a beautiful day today, hiking about five miles up the long Kahiltna Glacier to a flat, compact spot at about 7,800' (2195 m). They set up their first camp
May 31, 2017
Lead Guide Eli Potter called in from Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier. He describes today as a "Goldilocks Day," not too hot and not too cold. The trail was firm and made for relatively easy travel as the team hiked about five miles up the 44 mile long Kahiltna
May 31, 2017
Linda Wohlgemuth called in from Genet Basin, a huge bowl that will be the site of the May 19th team's Camp 3 as they continue their ascent of Denali. The team had a great day today, taking advantage of clear, blue skies to not only pack up camp and move
May 31, 2017
Marlies Neefjes (I think!?) called in from our May 15th team. Her message is entirely in Dutch, so if anyone out there can help translate, "Help alstublieft!!" The team took advantage of an absolutely perfect day to carry loads of supplies up the steepest part of the West Buttress route,
May 31, 2017
Abe Wheeler checked in after the team carried loads of supplies up and around the infamous, Windy Corner, to cache at an elevation of 13,500' today. The day began with a climb right out of camp up the steepest slope they have yet encountered on the route, Motorcycle Hill. This
May 31, 2017
Lead Guide Sebastian Grau called in from 17,200' this afternoon, after our West Rib team climbed up to high Camp in a very fast time of under five hours! The team did great and moved amazingly well, a tribute to their training and to the fact that they set a
