Trip Reports
The team is waiting out the weather at the 14,200 ft camp today. Yoshiko called in and said it’s currently snowing with 35 mph winds and they are expecting more high winds tonight. They are happy to be hunkered down at the 14 camp with a bunch of other Mountain Trip teams waiting for the…
The May 21 Denali team moved up to the 11,000 ft camp today! The weather started nice, but it sounds like it deteriorated thorough the day and is now snowing and windy. They are all happily settled into their new camp and settling in for a big dinner tonight. Here’s Chris with the evening update:
This will be our 46th consecutive season guiding on Denali, and we’re honored to welcome the May 24 team and all of the other climbers that have trusted us to help them test their fortitude on the highest mountain in North America. The May 24 Denali West Buttress team have made their arrival at Denali…
The May 19 private team moved up to 14,200 ft camp today! They are excited to be there and enjoying a big dinner tonight. The weather has deteriorated and it’s snowing now, but they’re settled in and happy. The schedule for tomorrow starts off with sleeping in and then after a leisurely breakfast, they’ll go…
The team had a nice mellow “backcarry” day from 14k down the trail about 30 minutes, and hauled some supplies back up to camp at 14,200 ft. They are settled in and hoping to carry a load of food and fuel up to the ridge leading towards high camp tomorrow, but not sounding super optimistic…
Yoshiko called in for the May 13th team this evening. They are watching the snow and wind and hoping to get a chance to move to high camp soon! Here’s Yoshi from Camp 3
Climber Chris called in an update for the May 20 West Buttress team. After caching above Camp One, the team was able to successfully make the move up to Camp Two at 11,200, a fairly big day, up several steep, well-known hills on the route. While teams on the upper mountain are experiencing snow and…
Guide Fischer Hazen called in an update on the May 19 Jay West Buttress team from Camp Two at 11,200′. The team had a successful day caching around Windy Corner at around 13,400′ in good conditions, despite the reports of wind we have been hearing from the upper mountain. They hope to move up to…
Climber Eric called in an update on their team, still at 14-Camp. The team elected not to move up to High Camp at 17,200′ The team spent the day doing a bit of “steep skills” practice on the headwall above camp, including fixed line ascension, and ice axe and crampon technique. Here’s Eric with the…
The May 17 West Buttress team made the move from Camp Two at 11,200′ to Camp Three at 14,200′, where they will spend a few days! The team crossed many notable landmarks along the way, including Motorcycle Hill, Pig Hill and the Polo Fields, and of course the infamous Windy Corner, but it sounds like…