Trip Reports
Mountain Trip guide Brian Kramp called in for Shan’s May 28 Denali West Buttress Trip who are camped out at 11,200′. They spent yesterday “back carrying,” or hiking back down to retrieve their cache, and they now have all of their gear with them back up at 11,200′. Next, today (6/6) they plan to carry…
We’ll continue our regularly-scheduled trip report for the June 2 team below, but’s definitely worth noting here that the team’s Mountain Trip guides (Bill Allen, Karl Welter and Erin Laine) were extensively involved in an intense crevasse rescue effort, to which they were the first on-scene. Here’s the official press release from the National Park…
Mountain Trip appreciates the trust and support of our climbers and another team of adventurers have chosen to join us in Anchorage today, to finalize their preparations to attempt the West Buttress route on North America’s highest peak – Denali, which soars to an elevation of 20,310 feet, a full 18,000′ above the surrounding landscape.…
Although most of you have already heard from your friends and family on the May 15 Denali West Buttress trip, who have returned to Talkeetna after a challenging few weeks on the glacier, here’s one final trip dispatch from guide Josh Garner: We’re back in Talkeetna after 19 days in the Alaska Range, the May…
It sounds like guide Brian Muller convinced someone else to call in this update. Guide Nick Nason gave us an update on the Mountain Trip May 27 West Buttress expedition, who are camped at 14-Camp after caching at 15,300′. The team had nice weather on their climb, with a few passing clouds to mitigate the…
Guide Brian Kramp called in a short update for Shan’s May 28 Denali West Buttress expedition. Yesterday, June 4, the team took a rest day at 11,200′-Camp after a strenuous day moving up from Camp One to Camp Two via the infamous Ski Hill, that can feel as hot as a frying pan with strong…
Guide Adam Smith of the May 19 team called in from High Camp at 17,200′ on the West Buttress route, the final camp before the push to the summit of Denali at 20,320′! Aparna, Linda and guides have been making great, steady progress up the route, and enjoyed clear, sunny weather up the fixed lines…
Climber Matt Foote called in the first update from the glacier for the June 2 Denali West Buttress Team! They flew into Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier at 7,200′ in the late afternoon, where their Mountain Trip guides cooked dinner and reviewed crevasse rescue, glacier travel, and taught everyone how to properly rig up…
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in an update for the May 29 Denali West Buttress team, who were relaxing at camp at 14,200′ after a long day in the sun. They have made steady progress up the route without being hindered by the bad weather that stopped earlier teams in their tracks at one…
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in with an update on the May 29 Denali West Buttress team, who have had a busy couple of days moving camp, and retrieving those caches. For those at home who may not be familiar with the term, to hike back down to a cache (gear, food and supplies…