Trip Reports
Mountain Trip Guide Karl Welter called in from 14,200′ (4330m). The team took a hike today to a spot on the edge of the basin in which they are camped that afforded them some amazing views down into the Northeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, a tributary glacier also known as “The Valley of Death.” …
Fritz Bachmair called in on behalf of the climbers on our May 11 West Buttress expedition. The team is camped at High Camp, watching the weather in the hopes that they get a break from the gusty winds that have been buffeting the upper mountain. It has been extremely cold in recent days, so the…
Brian Dagg called in from the summit of Denali along with Mountain Trip guides Zach Keskinen and Jason Denley! Pushing up during a very cold day, the climbers reported gusty winds as they made their way up to the summit of North America. The route took them up the 1000′ (300m) rising traverse known as…
Niclas Pettersson called in after the team dropped down from their Camp 2 to retrieve the cache of supplies they buried the day before yesterday at about 10,200′ (3110m). After digging up their cache, they loaded the supplies into their packs and sleds for the hike back to camp at 11,200′ (3400m). In climber parlance,…
WELCOME MAY 25 DENALI WEST BUTTRESS EXPEDITION! The May 25 Denali West Buttress Team flew into Denali Base Camp at 7,200′ yesterday with our friends at Talkeetna Air Taxi, from the small, end of the road town of Talkeetna, at the edge of Denali National Park. The climbers met in Anchorage with their guides to…
Mountain Trip guide Kristin Arnold called in an update for the May 11 Denali West Buttress team at 17,200′. Unfortunately, the team woke up to make their summit push yesterday 5/26 and found that the weather was not appropriate for the approximately 12-hour day needed to make the push up to 20,310′ and back. The…
Mountain Trip guide Wyatt Mayo called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team, who made the move from Camp One at 7,800′ up to Camp Two at 11,200′. Here’s Wyatt with the quick update:
Mountain Trip guide Logan DeMarcus called in an update for the May 18 Denali West Buttress team, at Camp Two – 11,200′. They awoke to less than desirable climbing weather yesterday, and decided to stay one more day (hopefully, weather permitting) at 11,200′ before moving to Camp Three at 14,200′. At 14-Camp, they will spend…
Mountain Trip Guide Fischer Hazen called in from High Camp at 17,200′ today, after the team took a weather day. They awoke optimistic that they could make a push for the summit, but poor visibility, wind and bitter cold ensued, so the team opted to rest and wait for tomorrow. Summit day is serious and…
Chirs Kuelling called in on behalf of our May 13th West Buttress team on Denali. The crew made a big push up the steepest part of the route today, carrying loads of supplies to an airy perch at about 16,200′, where they deposited their loads in a cache on the ridge leading to High Camp.…