May 27, 2017
This prolonged stretch of cold, windy, snowy weather has mostly kept our climbers at the 14,200 ft camp for many days now. This morning they awoke to -40 temps, but clear skies, and after breakfast and letting the sun do it's work for a while, they decided to go up
May 27, 2017
Lead Guide Josh Garner called in from 14,200' on the West Buttress route of Denali. The team has been managing the extreme cold that has made progress slow for all teams on the mountain over the past week. Josh reports that it was close to -40F overnight, which aligns pretty
May 26, 2017
Our May 13th West Buttress team continues to wait at 14,200', waiting for weather to improve, so they can move higher on Denali. It has been extremely cold, much colder than even Denali is known to be in late May. The team took advantage of not being able to move
May 26, 2017
Our May 11 Mountain-Network West Buttress team is still waiting for an opportunity to move up the mountain to High Camp. It has been unusually cold this season and the team reported -45C temperatures during the night! Fischer Hazen called earlier and said he was warm enough in his tent,
May 26, 2017
Devin Gala called in on behalf of our May 22nd West Buttress team. The climbers shouldered heavy packs and attached laden sleds this morning and hiked up the Kahiltna glacier in cold winds to place a cache of supplies at 9,800'. Today was very cold and the wind just made
May 26, 2017
The storm has passed, but the mountain is still not giving climbers a good opportunity to move high. It was still very, very cold today, with morning temperatures of -25F inside the climbers' tents. Winds still blew plumes of snow off the ridge above the 14,200' camp, so the West
May 26, 2017
We have just gotten word that the Mountain Trip May 24 West Buttress Team has loaded up all of their gear onto a Talkeetna Air Taxi plane, and is patiently awaiting the weather call before they fly in to Denali Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier. From their they will
May 25, 2017
Mountain Trip lead guide Adam Smith called in for the May 19 West Buttress team, who are currently camped out at 11,200' on Denali. Adam and two climbers (Aparna and Linda) put in a tough day hiking back down to retrieve their cache at around 10,500' in whiteout conditions, breaking trail
May 25, 2017
Mountain Trip lead guide Sebastian Grau called in on behalf of the May 14 Denali West Rib Expedition, who, along with three other Mountain Trip West Buttress teams, are waiting on the weather to push higher towards the summit. Seba noted that the side of camp that gets good enough reception
May 25, 2017
Mountain Trip climber Eric Greene called in with an evening update on the May 15 Denali West Buttress Expedition, who, along with three other Mountain Trip teams, are holding strong at 14-Camp and doing their best to stay busy and stay out of the cold. High winds and blowing snow,
