Trip Reports
Mountain Trip guide Matt Park called in an update for the May 20 West Buttress team from Camp Three on the mountain, at 14,200′, after a big push from 11,200′. The team climbed through the cloud layer that generally hangs around Denali Pass and emerged to great weather up high. The team will spend a…
Climber Christopher Twiss called in an update on the May 24 Denali West Buttress Team, five days into their expedition, at Camp Two! They made the move up from 7,800′ to 11,200′ after caching above Ski Hill near Denali Pass. The team enjoyed perfect weather for climbing, with beautiful views of the summit and back…
Congratulations to the climbers of our May 13, 2019 Denali expedition! Linda Wohlgemuth, Katsuya Fukunaga, and Mark Kitchenman stood atop North America today, accompanied by Mountain Trip guides Yoshiko Miazaki-Back, Logan Demarcus and Kakiko Ramos-Leon. They pushed hard through a variety of weather to reach the summit of Denali. Unfortunately, the team lost the satellite…
Kevin Cook and Eric Bauernschmidt, along with Mountain Trip guides Jason Denley and Tyler Weller reached the summit of North America today! Congratulations to all the climbers for such strong work, during a challenging, cold expedition! Here is the team, calling out heartfelt messages from 20,310′ on top of Denali- recording
Lead guide Yoshiko reports that the team made the big move up to High Camp (17,200′). It was a cold, windy, snowy day but the team pushed through and they are settling in their fortified tent camp. Over the next 24 hours the team will be resting, hydrating, and watching the weather carefully as they…
The May 20th team took advantage of the clear, calm weather to move a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site at Windy Corner. Guide Matt Park fueled the team with a yummy breakfast (sausage, egg, avocado breakfast sandwiches), which propelled everyone up Motorcycle Hill, then Squirrel Hill, before reaching the cache site…
Leah reports that the team moved a load of equipment and supplies to the base of the fixed lines at approximately 15,600′. After caching the team returned to 14 Camp and rested and hydrated in preparation for moving to High Camp tomorrow. Here’s Leah: recording
One of the climbers from the May 21st team called in to update us on the team’s day carrying loads up and around the infamous Windy Corner today. They donned crampons for the climb this morning, which commenced with a 1000′ (300m) ascent up a moderate snow slope known as Motorcycle Hill. Above this point,…
Lead Guide Jason Denley called from the team’s 17,200′ high camp. They took a rest and acclimatization day today, in preparation for a summit bid tomorrow! The team is doing great and is exercising patience by not rushing up towards the summit. Conditions tomorrow look pretty good, so we’ll wish them a good night’s rest…
Lead Guide Jesse Wright called in from Camp 1 at 7,800′ (2377m) on the broad Kahiltna Glacier. Yesterday, they hiked from Base Camp at 7,200′ (2195m) on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, covering a distance of about five miles (8 km) in pretty challenging, whiteout conditions. The team shouldered their packs and loaded…