Trip Reports
Lead Guide Brian Kramp called in from the team’s Camp 2, located in a beautiful basin at 11,200′ (3414m) at the base of the West Buttress of Denali. Today was a “backcarry” day, meaning they made a quick jaunt downhill to the site where they buried a cache of supplies two days ago, retrieved their…
Lucyna Kolodziejska called in on the team’s fifth day waiting to move to High Camp. The weather has been quite unsettled, meaning that for the first few days, it was blustery each morning, but cleared in the late afternoon/evening, but today it was snowing and blowing up high for much of the day. From the…
Guide Brian Muller called in an update from Camp Two at 11,200′, after the team made their move up in good weather and conditions. Denali sandwiches (toasted bagels with cream cheese and lox) were enjoyed thoroughly by all. Next on their agenda is to backcarry to Kahiltna Corner to grab their cache. Here’s Brian with…
The team made the move up to Camp 2 today at 11,000 ft. They have had beautiful weather up until today, but today things changed a bit and they had to navigate up the glacier through low visibility whiteout conditions. They did great and are excited to be up at their next camp. They dug…
The June 4 Denali team will need to wait another day for the weather to improve before moving on up to high camp. They were hoping to get up there today, but winds and snow prevented them from moving up to the 17,200 ft camp. They had another day to aclimatize and relax with hopes…
After a successful summit on the 9th, our team took our time moving down from High Camp to reap the benefits of oxygen rich air at Camp 3. We spent a few hours resting and then continued our descent. On the way down we stopped at our other camps to dig up our caches and…
June 7 Denali team descended back to their cache near Windy Corner today to grab their gear and bring it back to camp at 14,200′. The team plans to take a few days to rest, acclimatize and prepare for their move to High Camp. Here’s the team! recording
Mountain Trip guide Brian Muller called in an update on the June 12 team, from Camp One at 7,800′. The team spent their day caching at Kahiltna Corner, near Kahiltna Pass, where the route heads east towards Camp Two, despite poor visibility and light snow. The team will hopefully be able to move up to…
The team enjoyed a rest day at the 14,200ft camp, hiking out to a place called the “Edge of the World” and mostly relaxing and recovering for the move to high camp tomorrow. This day of rest is an important part of the acclimatization plan to allow climbers to adjust to the high altitude. It’s…
The June 10 team carried a load of food, fuel, and gear up to 10,200 ft today where they “cached” it in a deep hole in the snow. They’ll bury it over a meter deep to keep the Ravens from digging into it and mark it with a large wand so they can find it…