Trip Reports
Mountain Trip would like to welcome and introduce the next small group of climbers, who will be making an attempt on the formidable Upper Rib Route on Denali. The Upper Rib follows the path of the classic West Buttress Route up until Camp 3 at 14,200′, and then deviates to the left where the West…
Mountain Trip would like to welcome and introduce our next group of adventurers who will be headed out to Denali Base Camp today to make an attempt on the classic West Buttress route. As always, Mountain Trip appreciates the trust and support of our climbers to help them realize their big mountain dreams on the…
Mountain Trip climber David Porter, on the June 11 Denali West Buttress expedition, called in with an update on the team’s progress. Today they plan to climb up Squirrel Hill and cache above Windy Corner at around 13,500′, and then head up to Camp 3 at 14,200′ within the next several days. Like all of…
Lead Guide Scott Woollums with the Mountain Trip May 30 Denali West Buttress expedition (referred to individually by nickname) called in with an update from the lofty High Camp at 17,200′. The team just moved up yesterday in what Scott described as “absolutely perfect” weather, and set up camp on a beautiful evening, with views…
Lead guide Ben Adkison called in with an update on the June 5 Denali West Buttress team, who have been making steady, consistent progress up the mountain. Ben said they woke up late and had a big breakfast of chocolate chip coconut pancakes before caching above camp.He said the weather was impressively clear and…
Guide Josh Gardner called in from 17,200′ with an update on the last two climbers of the May 28 team Denali West Buttress team, Angus and Mark, that have yet to make their summit bid. This will be the second summit attempt for Josh with the somewhat unconventional group. The rest of the team, who…
The members of our May 28th team have had a somewhat “out of the box” few days! The team has split up, for reasons to be explained below, but everyone is doing well and is in good spirits. Three of the five team members have reached the summit via two separate attempts and two more…
The Mountain Trip June 11 Denali West Buttress Team has been making strong and steady progress up the route, and has already made some progress towards their ascent Climber Blaine Yates said that they have safely and successfully reached Camp 2 at 11,200′, set up tents and enjoyed a hot meal courtesy of their guides.…
John Ladd of the May 5 Denali West Buttress Team called in with a short update on the team’s progress on the mountain. The team retrieved their cache below camp yesterday. The day started out bitterly cold, John reported, and the team tried their best to keep warm as they descended below 14,000′ to retrieve…
What an interesting and peculiar trip. First, this trip was a bit of a dream trip for me. Three returning climbers that I have had a lot of fun with over the years and a returning guide who was on the last couple trips with me. Days before the trip start date, Joda my co-worker,…