Trip Reports

May 13 Denali Team On The SUMMIT!!!

Congratulations to our May 15th “All Starr Team!”  They called from the summit of Denali in two separate messages, after working hard through weeks of adverse weather and intense cold. Great work guys!  We’ll let them share their day in their own words. Here is the team!!! And the rest of the team!

West Rib Team SUMMIT!!!

Lead Guide Sebastian “Seba” Grau called from the summit of Denali!!! The team climbed up to the top of North America in just under seven hours today, starting out in cold temperatures, but light winds.  They enjoyed a clear, beautiful day as they made their way up the last 3000′ to the summit.  Today is…

May 29 Denali Team Moved To Camp 1!

Lead Guide Eli Potter called in from Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier.  He describes today as a “Goldilocks Day,” not too hot and not too cold.  The trail was firm and made for relatively easy travel as the team hiked about five miles up the 44 mile long Kahiltna Glacier. The vastness of the…

May 15 Team Caches at 16,400′

Marlies Neefjes (I think!?) called in from our May 15th team.  Her message is entirely in Dutch, so if anyone out there can help translate, “Help alstublieft!!” The team took advantage of an absolutely perfect day to carry loads of supplies up the steepest part of the West Buttress route, caching their loads above what…

West Rib Team Moves To High Camp!!!

Lead Guide Sebastian Grau called in from 17,200′ this afternoon, after our West Rib team climbed up to high Camp in a very fast time of under five hours!  The team did great and moved amazingly well, a tribute to their training and to the fact that they set a modern-era Mountain Trip record of…