May 21, 2026
The May 19th team arrived in Talkeetna on May 20th and has been waiting for a weather window to fly onto the glacier. The storm system that has been sitting over the Alaska Range continues to hold things up, and with each passing day, the queue of climbers waiting to
May 21, 2026
The May 17th team arrived in Talkeetna on May 18th and has been patiently waiting out the storm that has settled in over the Alaska Range. While they haven't been on the ground nearly as long as some teams have during this stretch of weather, even a few days of
May 21, 2026
The weather finally cleared enough to give the May 14th team a window to move, and they made good use of it with a successful back-carry day. The team headed down to the pass to retrieve their cache and hauled everything back up to Camp 2. The day went smoothly,
May 21, 2026
After days of waiting on the weather to cooperate, the May 11th team finally got their window, and they made the most of it. Today, the team pushed up the route to drop a cache just shy of 14 Camp before turning around and heading back down to Camp 2
May 21, 2026
The May 9th team is on the move! After days of watching the sky and waiting for the right window, the team pushed up the route today to drop a cache just shy of 14 Camp before turning around and heading back down to Camp 2. This is a major
May 20, 2026
The May 16th team is now on an impressive five-day stretch in Talkeetna, patiently waiting out the storm that has settled in over the Alaska Range. Five days on the ground is a long stay by any measure, but it's far from unheard of during the Denali season — storm
May 20, 2026
The May 17th team is putting their grounded days to good use, drilling fixed line skills while they wait for a window to fly. Practicing techniques like ascending and descending on fixed ropes, clipping in and out of carabiners efficiently, and managing rope teams in different scenarios is some of
May 19, 2026
The May 9th team seems to be handling life in the snowstorm well. When climbers get stuck in extended storm cycles on Denali, the camp itself often becomes the project. Snow shovels come out, blocks get cut, and what started as a basic tent platform slowly evolves into something with
May 19, 2026
The May 11th team seems to be handling life in the snowstorm well. Tent life during a Denali storm is its own kind of art form. The day gets broken up by small routines. Boiling water for hot drinks, swapping shifts on cook duty, digging out tent entrances after
May 19, 2026
The May 14th team sounds like they're bonding well at Camp 2! No surprise there — going through the shared experience of being tent-bound during a Denali storm tends to bring a team together quickly. It sounds like they're making the most of their downtime and getting creative with the
