May 25, 2025
And so it begins!! The Mountain Trip May 24th West Buttress team drove from Anchorage to the (literal) end-of-the-road town of Talkeetna, Alaska this morning, where they checked in the the National Park Service in preparation for the expedition to climb North America's tallest peak. After their NPS orientation, they
May 25, 2025
Jenn called in from Camp 3 at 14,200 feet. She and Kaylee carried loads up to the ridge at about 16,400 feet today. The route was in good condition, but the ridge was icy, so it took a little hunting to find a place where they could dig sufficiently deeply
May 24, 2025
The May 8th Mountain Trip team reached the summit of Denali today! It turned into a pretty nice day for them and they were grateful to get a shot at the top. We've had a bit of attrition on the team, which isn't uncommon. Vanessa turned around as the team
May 24, 2025
Todays job was to rest, recover, and acclimatize and it sounds like they did a great job of that. They took a short walk from camp to the edge of the Genet Basin where you can look down to the lower glacier to move around a bit and enjoy some
May 24, 2025
Team Louise went down to their cache at 13,500ft to pick up the supplies they left 2 days ago and brought everything up to camp at 14,200ft. It's a relatively short day and a nice "active rest" day for the climbers. Tomorrow they'll carry their supplies for high camp up
May 23, 2025
The May 12 Team had a relaxing morning and a big breakfast before heading back down to pick up their cache of supplies just a little bit back down the hill. It took them only a couple of hours to retrieve everything and get back to camp. We consider this
May 23, 2025
The team had a beautiful day moving up from Camp 2 around Windy Corner and into the Genet Basin and Camp 3. They are doing great and settling in for a few days at this elevation to get acclimated and ready for the upper mountain. Ashley called in the expedition
May 23, 2025
The team enjoyed a beautiful day moving up from Camp 2, around Windy Corner and up into the Genet Basin to the 14,200ft Camp 3. They are settled in for a couple of nights now and will acclimatize and recover before pushing up higher on the mountain. Matt called in
May 23, 2025
The May 20 Team is doing great and spent the day carrying a load of supplies up to 10,000ft where they dug a hole in the snow and cached it to be retrieved in a few days. They returned to their camp at 7,800ft for another night. It was a
