Trip Reports

May 6 West Buttress Team at 14-Camp!

The May 6 team is making great progress up the route after a good weather window the past couple of days! After a long push from 11,200′, the team made the move up to 14,200′–commonly known as “14-Camp.” They spent a long night after their arrival building camp: leveling tent platforms and digging out a…

May 13 Denali West Buttress Team at 11,200′

Guide Kakiko Ramos Léon called in an update for the Mountain Trip May 13 team, who has made it up to 11,200′ Camp, also known as Camp Two, on the West Buttress. Despite challenging early-season weather, the team anticipates being able set a cache up around Windy Corner at approximately 13,500′. It sounds like everyone…