Trip Reports
WELCOME MAY 18 DENALI WEST BUTTRESS TEAM! Standing majestically at 20,310′ above the surrounding tundra and enticing mountaineers from around the world to test their mettle for over a decade, Denali has enticed another group of Mountain Trip climbers to head to the great white north. Less than 200 miles from the Artic Circle, featuring…
Brian Muller called in an update on the May 8th Denali West Buttress team, who has made the move to 14,200′! Tomorrow they will back-carry to retrieve their cache down near Windy Corner at 13,500′. Here’s Brian!
Climber Markus Allesch called in from the May 11 Denali West Buttress team, who have officially spent a week in the Alaska Range endeavoring towards the highest point in North America. The team had a weather window yesterday and were able to cache around Windy Corner and descend back to Camp Two at 11,200′. The…
Climber Joanna Schrap called in on behalf of the May 13 Denali West Buttress Team–who were finally able to fly into the Alaska Range after three weather days in Talkeetna, and two failed attempts at a flight in that resulted in pilots turning back due to weather. The team had assembled at Denali Base Camp…
Brian Dagg called in an update on the May 10 Denali Team, who cached up around Windy Corner at 13,500′ to put them in position to move up to Camp Three at 14,200′. The team will soon make their ascent up to Camp Three at 14,200′! Brian noted that the team has been eating well…
Mountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in an update on the May 8th Deanli West Buttress team, who successfully cached up around Windy Corner at 13,500′, after weather had thwarted their attempts at progress for several days. The team is hoping to make the move up to Camp Three at 14,200′ today, May 19, where…
Climber Michael Kenny May 11 Denali West Buttress expedition called in from Camp Two at 11,200′ after a productive back carry. The team picked up their cache down near Kahiltna Pass and returned to camp at 11,200′ in greatly improved weather, finally able to catch the views of the spectacular high peaks around them. The…
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in an update for the May 10/Brian Dagg West Buttress expedition at Camp Two. They are camped back at 11,200′ for the evening and hope to cache up around Windy Corner today (May 18) if the weather allows. The team descended to retrieve their buried cache from lower down…
The May 8th Denali West Buttress team reported that camp is sunny and warm! … inside the kitchen tent, that is. The climbers spent their second weather/rest day once again at 11,200′ Camp Two. As soon as weather allows the team will make their way higher on the route to bury a cache at around…
Fritz Bachmair calls in a very funny update on the May 11 Denali West Buttress Team. We certainly got a kick out of this one. From this description, it sounds like the team is really starting to get to know one another — and the typical conditions on the mountain — at this point in…