May 18, 2025
Paloma called in this evening after a nice pizza dinner at Camp 2 (11,000ft). Today was a bit of a light duty day as they went back down the mountain with empty packs to pick up a cache they'd left 2 days prior and brought everything up to camp. This
May 17, 2025
The first Mountain Trip team of the season is up to Camp 3 today! The climbers packed up camp at 11,000 ft this morning and moved on up around Windy Corner and up into the Genet Basin and their home for the next few days. Climbing conditions and weather cooperated
May 17, 2025
The team flew into Denali basecamp on the SE Fork of the Kahiltna glacier today dodging clouds, but they got into the AK Range to get their trip underway! They flew in on ski equipped planes, landing on the snow and glacier runway that is the hub of action and
May 17, 2025
The May 12th team moved on up to Camp 2 today at 11,000ft/3300meters. Climber Mohit Sial does a great job of describing thier jouney today up the glacier in the evening dispatch from the team. Unfortunately the satellite phone call drops part way through, but it's still great to hear
May 16, 2025
The team is taking a rest and recovery day at Camp1 after a couple of big days of moving loads up the mountain. Climber, Carsten, called in the evening dispatch from the mountain today. Listen to the call from Camp1 on Denali from Carsten! recording
May 16, 2025
I'll preface this by stating that my Portuguese is limited to, "Eu não falo português." But, I was able to pick out a few words that are similar to Spanish and deduced that Vanessa called in from Camp 2 at 11,000 feet on Denali. The team carried loads around Windy
May 16, 2025
Welcome, May 15th West Buttress Denali team! We acknowledge that, for many, reaching the summit of Denali is a lifelong goal and the culmination of many months of training and years spent in the mountains, and we are honored that these climbers chose us to guide them on their journey!
May 15, 2025
Today the May 12th team was able to begin caching: hauling sled loads full of food and equipment up towards Kahiltna Pass, about halfway between Camp 1 and Camp 2, in order to “cache” it in the snow. This “cache and carry” method of ascent is very common on Denali
May 14, 2025
Yesterday the team packed up camp at Camp 1 (7,800' 2377m) and climbed up Ski Hill which rises about 1,000' above Camp 1. From here the team experiences some rolling terrain back up their cache site at 10,200' (3108m). They grabbed some of their cache before continuing up another hill
May 14, 2025
The May 12th team left Basecamp (7,200′ 2194m) yesterday morning and arrived at Camp 1 (7,800′ 2377m)! Even though this doesn’t seem like a lot of elevation gain, this is often considered one of the hardest days of the trip. Only on this day and the last day do you
