Trip Reports
Mountain Trip guide Brian Muller called in an update on the May 8 Denali West Buttress team from High Camp at 17,200′. The team hopes to make their summit push TODAY 5/26. Here’s Brian!
Climber Lee Pain called in an update from Camp Two at 11,200′. Here’s Lee!
Mountain Trip climber Fritz Baichmir called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team, who are camped at Camp One at 7,800′. Yesterday, 5/25, they spent their day ascending Ski Hill, a couple thousand feet of vertical, to cache around 10,500′, near Kahiltna Pass. The team will likely move to Camp Two…
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in from 17,200′ on the West Buttress, after the team made their move to High Camp. They will make their summit push TODAY 5/26. Here’s Jason:
Mountain Trip lead guide Brian Muller called in an update for the May 8 Denali team, as they prepared at Camp Three (14,200′) to prepare for their move higher on the West Buttress. Luckily, after several days of high winds and blowing snow, the team has a weather window to continue further towards 20,310′. They…
Mountain Trip climber Sophie Chung called an update on the May 11 Denali West Buttress expedition, who will be making the move up to High Camp at 17,200′. Per Sophie’s request, our fingers are crossed for clear weather and we’re hoping they’re met with sunshine this morning! The May 11 West Buttress team will join…
A Mountain Trip climber on the May 13 Denali West Buttress team, who unfortunately doesn’t identify himself (if listeners can, please do so in the comments) called in an update once again from 14,200′-Camp. The team got an appreciated late start to the day complete with a fresh-cooked hot breakfast. The spent yesterday doing an…
Mountain Trip guide Nicole Lawton called in an update on the May 18 Denali West Buttress team at Camp Two at 11,200′, who spent the day yesterday retrieving their cache near Kahiltna Pass at around 10,500′. Today, depending on the weather, they will attempt to place another, high cache to set them up for their…
Mountain Trip climber Don Cash called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team. They awoke up at 3 a.m. to near daylight and an unfortunate 8 inches of snow that collapsed their kitchen tent–which they were able to hastily repair. They broke down and packed up their camp at 7,200′ Denali…
Mountain Trip guide Dave Nesis called in an update on the May 8 Denali West Buttress team, who were unfortunately prevented from moving to High Camp at 17,200′. Yesterday marked just over two weeks on the West Buttress route. The team should be moving up to High Camp today 5/24 if the weather permits. Yesterday…