Trip Reports
Today was one of the days you hope for on Denali. This team made great time from 14,000’ to 17,200’. The conditions were ideal and everyone on this team is feeling good. Everyone on this team is looking towards the summit. Every one wants it but we will have to wait and see what the…
Today this team climbed the Fixed Lines above 14,000’ and past Washburn’s Thumb. The weather was perfect and now they are in position to complete their goal. Life at 17, 200’ can be hard but the views are amazing. From High Camp you can see Mt. Foraker, the Kahiltna Glacier, Denali Pass, the Autobahn and…
In the last few days, this team has traveled from Basecamp to Camp 1 and cached their food, fuel and high elevation equipment at 11,200’. The Kahiltna Glacier is enormous and by the end of tomorrow this team will have already traveled a substantial piece of it. At their next camp, this team will practice…
This team has made steady progress uphill. Today they completed one of the hardest days of their trip. After seeing rain, wind and snow our friends got a beautiful day for mountain travel. You can hear the joy in their voices. Today they got to climb Squirrel Hill, the Polo Field and around Windy Corner…
Today the team had a relaxing day at 14 Camp, resting and hydrating in preparation for the move to the upper mountain. David called in the report, but we aren’t sure if it’s David J. or David T. If you know, please identify him! (It’s DAVID JONES – Thanks to his mother for identifying his…
Ignacio called in a post from the site of the team’s Camp 1, located at 7,800′ (2200m) on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team awoke early and hiked about 5 miles (8 km) up the broad Kahiltna, passing stunning peaks and hiking past massive crevasses. Camp 1 is located where a tributary glacier, the Northeast Fork…
Alain Tardif called in from 11,200′. The team carried a load of supplies up and around an iconic feature known as Windy Corner, to cache it all at about 13,500′. As they got higher, they faced some rather biting wind, but they were able to get their task for the day completed. The climbers donned…
Each season, we work with teams of climbers from different parts of the world, in an effort to help climbers from different cultural backgrounds have a great experience on North America’s tallest mountain. In just a day or two the May 30 team will begin their journey to Alaska, convening at the Millennium Hotel for…
The team in Talkeetna, at the National Park Service climber orientation.
David Rickman, climbing with his two sons, called in after a great day of progress. The team carried a load of supplies high onto the ridge that leads to their next camp, the 17,220′ high camp. The work entailed departing camp early, and hiking upwards about 1400′ to the bottom of a stretch of route…