May 18 Denali West Buttress team – Ascended Motorcycle Hill to cache
Climber Lee Pain called in an update from Camp Two at 11,200′. Here’s Lee!
Trip Reports
May 21 Denali West Buttress team – cached near Kahiltna Pass
Mountain Trip climber Fritz Baichmir called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team, who are camped at Camp One at 7,800′. Yesterday, 5/25, they spent their day ascending Ski Hill, a couple thousand feet of vertical, to cache around 10,500′, near Kahiltna Pass. The team will likely move to Camp Two…
May 10 Dagg West Buttress at High Camp, likely making their summit push TODAY!
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in from 17,200′ on the West Buttress, after the team made their move to High Camp. They will make their summit push TODAY 5/26. Here’s Jason:
Denali West Buttress May 8 team moving to High Camp
Mountain Trip lead guide Brian Muller called in an update for the May 8 Denali team, as they prepared at Camp Three (14,200′) to prepare for their move higher on the West Buttress. Luckily, after several days of high winds and blowing snow, the team has a weather window to continue further towards 20,310′. They…
May 11 West Buttress Team to move up to High Camp!
Mountain Trip climber Sophie Chung called an update on the May 11 Denali West Buttress expedition, who will be making the move up to High Camp at 17,200′. Per Sophie’s request, our fingers are crossed for clear weather and we’re hoping they’re met with sunshine this morning! The May 11 West Buttress team will join…
May 13 Denali West Buttress Expedition – Sharps skills at 14
A Mountain Trip climber on the May 13 Denali West Buttress team, who unfortunately doesn’t identify himself (if listeners can, please do so in the comments) called in an update once again from 14,200′-Camp. The team got an appreciated late start to the day complete with a fresh-cooked hot breakfast. The spent yesterday doing an…
May 18 Denali West Buttress team at 11,200′, caching
Mountain Trip guide Nicole Lawton called in an update on the May 18 Denali West Buttress team at Camp Two at 11,200′, who spent the day yesterday retrieving their cache near Kahiltna Pass at around 10,500′. Today, depending on the weather, they will attempt to place another, high cache to set them up for their…
May 21 West Buttress Team moving to Camp One
Mountain Trip climber Don Cash called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team. They awoke up at 3 a.m. to near daylight and an unfortunate 8 inches of snow that collapsed their kitchen tent–which they were able to hastily repair. They broke down and packed up their camp at 7,200′ Denali…
May 8 West Buttress Expedition crossing the two week mark on the route
Mountain Trip guide Dave Nesis called in an update on the May 8 Denali West Buttress team, who were unfortunately prevented from moving to High Camp at 17,200′. Yesterday marked just over two weeks on the West Buttress route. The team should be moving up to High Camp today 5/24 if the weather permits. Yesterday…
May 13 West Buttress team with Frost poetry comparisons to Denali!
Mountain Trip climber Hunter Foreman called in a creative update from 14,200′ camp on Denali, wherein he evoked the great poet Robert Frost to help describe the “fire” and “ice” of the Alaska Range. With some time weathered in at 14-Camp, it sounds as if the team has had plenty of time to get creative…