The weather has finally improved and the May 30th team has moved up from 14,000 ft basin where they’ve been waiting it out for several days. They are excited to be climbing again, and had a beautiful day to climb up out of the basin, and onto the spectacular and exposed ridge that takes them…
DetailsLead guide Eli Potter and Luis Alvarez called in from 7,800′ on the broad Kahiltna Glacier. The team arrived at Base Camp on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier at 4:00 pm, quickly organizing the provisions and equipment, and started hiking up the glacier. The objective of this expedition is to just keep heading…
DetailsLead guide Ian Nicholson called in from 14,200′ with an update on the May 30 team. Today was clear and it was the first time the team could see neighboring Mount Hunter. Despite the clear weather, the winds were quite high at camp and were raging at higher elevations. The wind was much too high…
DetailsThe guys finally got some nice weather and moved on up to the 14,000 ft camp! It’s been a long stay at 11,000 and they are super excited to be moving up again. The weather is looking good for a couple of days now, so hopefully they’ve paid there dues. Here’s the call from…
DetailsAfter some weather delays in Talkeetna, the June 10th team hit the ground running after flying to the Kahiltna Glacier base camp yesterday. They are enjoying beautiful weather on Denali now and took advantage by moving on up to Camp 1 yesterday. They are settling in and about to enjoy a big dinner and get…
DetailsAfter some delays and frustrations to start the trip, the team is moving right along now and happy to be in the mountains! They had a beautiful day to move to Camp 1 today and everyone did great and got the job done. They didn’t gain a lot of altitude today, but moved all of…
DetailsAfter an extended stay in the small town of Talkeetna, the June 7 team capitalized on a short window of weather to fly into the Alaska Range. They arrived on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier in the evening, and shortly thereafter, the weather took a turn for the worse and began snowing and…
DetailsAlbert from Team Fubar called in from guess where? They are still at 11,200′, having watched it snow literally meters… The weather is looking better for the coming days and the team is eager to move up the mountain. The guys are in good health and still in possession of their well-known good humor. I…
DetailsOne of the great pleasures of guiding Denali is having the opportunity to work with some amazing guides. Jim Williams is one such guide, a long time high altitude guide who has mentored many of the younger guides working on big, cold mountains today. Mountain Trip is thrilled to have Jim working as part of…
DetailsIt sounds like the team has been enjoying the relative comfort of 14 Camp located in the beautiful Genet Basin. In between napping, reading, and eating, the team has been practicing skills they will use to ascend the upper mountain. The route above 14 Camp climbs 1,400′ of moderately steep snow before reaching the steepest…
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