Trip Reports
Guide Brian Muller called in an update on the May 8 West Buttress Team, who were able to fly into Denali Base Camp after waiting on the weather to open up for the majority of the day in Talkeetna. The team is hoping to move to Camp One tomorrow (May 11) after doing some preparations…
MAY 13th DENALI WEST BUTTRESS TEAM! Each year, climbers are drawn from around the world to experience the splendor and remoteness of the Alaska Range, and especially to climb the highest peak in North America. Denali rises an impressive 20,320′ above the not-too-distant sea. Located close to the Arctic Circle, it is notorious for presenting climbers…
WELCOME May 8th West Buttress Team! The May 8th Denali West Buttress team will officially kick off our season in the Alaska Range. We welcome another group of climbers who have chosen to place their trust in Mountain Trip. This year marks our 44rd year of guiding on Denali, and we’re just as excited…
The team is on the summit after a long, hard morning of climbing! Everyone took the opportunity to say “hi” from the top of Aconcagua this afternoon. It sounds like they had a good day, and while they took advantage of nice weather, the team moved up to the top in strong fashion. Summit day…
The team moved up to high camp today! They are at over 19,000 ft on Aconcagua tonight, relaxing and enjoying the views and preparing to leave for the summit early tomorrow morning. They are all doing great and are in high spirits with hopes of another beautiful day tomorrow for their summit attempt. Jason made…
The team is at Camp 2 this evening, resting after a climb up to high camp at over 19,000 ft today. They’ll spend tomorrow (Friday) at Camp 2 to rest and acclimatize before moving up to high camp on Saturday. They are also waiting a day to time the weather as Sunday is looking like…
Lead guide Fermin Avila called in the team report today. The team is taking a rest day at Camp 1, and the plan is to move to Camp 2 tomorrow. While my spanish is definitely lacking in some basic skills, from what I understand everyone is doing quite well and the team is happy to…
The team is on the move! They moved up to Camp 1 at 16,400′ today. Leaving Plaza Argentina, the trail climbs up a rocky stretch, which is the residual rock from a glacier that used to push east from high on the side of Aconcagua. The glacier has largely disappeared, but portions of it were…
Alex Hall gave a ring from Plaza Argentina after the team carried loads up to Camp 1, almost 1000m above. Today was a long one for the climbers. They spent almost nine hours above Base Camp, while they cached supplies at an elevation of 16,400′ before returning to Plaza Argentina for the night. This system…
The team has some amount of connectivity at the Plaza Argentina Base Camp, and our guides took advantage of the internet to send us some photos of the trip thus far. In chronological order: