July 2, 2023
Guide Stephen Burns reports that the team took a rest day at windy, stormy 14 Camp today. Rest days are a great opportunity for a team to rejuvenate, hydrate, and prepare for the big move to high camp and the upper mountain. It sounds like the team is eating well
July 2, 2023
The June 21 team enjoyed a well-deserved rest day at 14 Camp, located in the beautiful Genet basin. Team members took the opportunity to fortify camp by building snow walls to protect camp from forecasted high winds and snow. A rest day also gives a team the opportunity to generally
July 2, 2023
Unfortunately the audio message from Lead Guide Jesse Wright is garbled due to communication vagaries in the mountains; however, the team descended to Base Camp and awaits a return flight to Talkeetna. A prolonged forecast of high winds and disturbed weather was the reason the team made the tough decision
July 2, 2023
Lead guide Harrison Lewis got on the radio after the June 23 team's celebratory dinner for their first night at 14 Camp! 14 Camp or Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) is midway up Denali and is the most well-equipped of all the camps on the West Buttress route. Everyone
June 30, 2023
Lead guide Kyle Hornor called in the dispatch for the June 21 Denali expedition team that has been making steady progress up the West Buttress route and has landed at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) midway up the mountain. Since this team began their climb of the tallest peak
June 30, 2023
The June 18 team called in from sunny Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) from a "very chill" rest day that is allowing them to recuperate and look ahead to making their move up higher up on the route. Clear skies have this crew hoping that the weather will hold
June 29, 2023
Mountain Trip lead guide, Harrison Lewis, called in yesterday evening to report that the June 23 team is in high spirits and doing well at Camp 2 11,200 ft (3413 m). The guides and climbers took an "active rest day" to descend back to their gear cache at 9,600 ft.
June 29, 2023
Cheers to the June 18 team for catching a weather window to move from Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) to the cache site at 16,000 ft (4876 m). Mountain Trip lead guide, Jesse Wright, was able to move his team out of camp after a 1-hour weather delay and
June 29, 2023
Our June 23 Team has successfully ascended from Camp 1 7,800 ft (2377 m) to Camp 2 11,200 ft (3413 m) in white-out conditions. Way to persevere team! This is a big move for any team even in quality weather which has been a rarity on Denali this season. Some
June 28, 2023
The June 18 team radioed in live from Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) after they spent yesterday retrieving their gear cache above Windy Corner. This was a long hard day for the team so they indulged in some rest and slept in until 10 AM. Following a delicious brunch
