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May 30 Team is Moving Up toward High Camp!

Peter Lewis called in a morning report from the May 30th team.  They are about to pack up and head up toward High Camp at 17,200′!  The team has spent a couple of bonus days at 14,200′, waiting for the weather to improve and the winds to abate sufficiently to allow them to head upwards. …

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June 13, 20152 CommentsBy Mountain Trip

June 13 West Buttress Team – Meet the Team!

Iconic mountains draw the attention of climbers from around the world, and Denali is certainly an iconic mountain.  The highest peak in North America, Mount McKinley rises a full 18,000 feet (5500m) above the surrounding landscape.  It is truly a magnificent sight, dominating the horizon for well over a hundred miles away. Mountain Trip is…

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June 13, 2015Leave a commentBy Mountain Trip

May 30 Team Moves to High Camp

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…

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June 13, 2015Leave a commentBy Mountain Trip

June 12 Alvarez Speed Ascent – Moving up glacier!

Lead 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…

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June 13, 20151 CommentBy Mountain Trip

May 30 Team – windy day at 14,200 and a special message!

Lead 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…

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May 31 Team Finally Moved up to 14,000 ft Camp

The 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…

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June 13, 20155 CommentsBy Mountain Trip

June 10 Wedberg team moved to Camp 1

After 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…

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June 12, 2015Leave a commentBy Mountain Trip

June 7 team moved to Camp 1

After 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…

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June 12, 2015Leave a commentBy Mountain Trip

June 7 Team Finally Flew To the Glacier!

After 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…

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June 11, 2015Leave a commentBy Mountain Trip

May 31 Team – Watching it snow at 11,200′

Albert 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…

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June 11, 20156 CommentsBy Mountain Trip
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