Trip Reports
Please help us welcome our 14th Denali team of the season: the June 9th West Buttress Denali Expedition! The June 9th Expedition consists of: Climber Tom Grafitti Climber Wells Lange Climber Eva Steinwald Climber Anna Kasbekar Climber Laura Ellis Climber Rahwa Teklai Led by their amazing guides: Lead Guide Marcus
Well, despite their best efforts, the satellite phone connection can be tricky on Denali! Sadly, this transmission also gets cut short, but listen to the report below to hear from Reese, Indy, and another climber about their rest day activities!  Listen here: Audio Recording Sounds like some good card games
Lead Guide Josh called in from the May 29th West Buttress Denali Expedition to report that they took a weather day at Camp 3. The team is resting and acclimatizing at 14,200' in hopes of continuing up the mountain soon. Unfortunately, this satellite phone call gets cut off too soon!
Climber Kelly (or should we say "Skier"?) from the June 7th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in to report that her and the boys (Lead Guide Aaron and Assistant Guide Gavin) put in a cache up near Kahiltna Pass between Camp 1 and Camp 2.  Here's Kelly: Audio Recording This
Lead Guide Ty called in to let us know that he and members of the May 26th West Buttress Denali Expedition team made it to the summit today!!!  Listen to Ty here: Audio Recording Congratulations to Lead Guide Ty, Assistant Guide Kaylee, and the other members of the team who
Lead Guide Josh called in from the May 29th West Buttress Denali Expedition to report that they made their first successful trip up the Headwall and it's fixed lines to put in a cache on the 16,000' ridge between Camp 3 and High Camp!  With this cache now in place,
This audio dispatch is unfortunately quite broken and difficult to hear but we believe its Climber Kelly calling in from the June 7th West Buttress Denali Expedition and we are excited to report that they have made it to Camp 1!   Here's Kelly: Audio Recording They completed the 5.5 mile
Please help us welcome our 13th Denali team of the season: the June 7th West Buttress Denali Expedition! The June 7th Expedition consists of: Climber Kelly Hoffman Led by their amazing guides: Lead Guide Aaron Diamond Assistant Guide Gavin Hess We are excited to follow along as the team begins
The May 26th West Buttress Denali Expedition is hunkered down at High Camp, waiting out some windy weather. Lead Guide Ty called in to report on their day, which was spent fortifying camp and building some snow walls. They are getting good acclimatization, resting and recovering at 17,200', and hopefully
It seems that this audio dispatch got cut off a bit early, but listen in as Josh and Buster report from Camp 3 about their "Best Day of the Trip" thus far. The team took a weather day at 14-Camp to rest, recover, and hope that the weather improves.  Listen
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