Trip Reports
The team moved up to 14 Camp today. It sounds like they pushed through some stormy weather when they began the day and they were rewarded with a beautiful evening in camp. 14 Camp is located in the beautiful Genet Basin and it offers stunning views of Foraker and the Alaska Range. The plan is…
Today the May 11 Team enjoyed a rest day at 14 Camp. It’s important for climbers to rest, relax, and hydrate when they aren’t on the move, and from the trip report it sounds like they did an excellent job of all of the above! The recording is cut short, but It sounds like they…
The team got down to Camp 2 around 9pm this evening after a very windy morning at the S. Col today. They wanted to get out of there early this morning, but were a bit pinned down due to high winds and gusts of over 50 mph. Our team is all good and everyone including…
Andrew Kiddier called in from our May 13th West Buttress team (at least, I think it’s Andrew – if not, please let us know in a comment!). The team moved very well up the moderate slopes above Camp 3, and then climbed up the steepest section of the route, a zone known as the Headwall. …
Shaun Scott reported on behalf of the May 15th West Buttress team. They had planned to climb up to Camp 3 at 14,200′ today, but they were unable to do so, due to a thick band of poor weather that has settled over the mountain. This weather layer tops out below Camp 3, but it…
Mountain trip Guide Fischer Hazen called in after the Mountain-Network team carried loads up onto the beautiful ridge above Camp 3. They shouldered their packs and set forth out of camp, hiking for an hour up moderately steep slopes before taking a break under sunny skies below the steepest part of the West Buttress route. …
Lead Guide Sebastian Grau called in after the West Rib team continued to build their foundation of acclimatization with a hike up to 17,200′. They packed up and took off out of the 14,200′ Camp, hiking up moderate snow slopes that led them to the Headwall, a 600 foot stretch of the West Buttress route…
Everyone is tucked in their sleeping bags in camp at the South Col after a successful summit day! They’ll get a good night sleep, and then begin their descent to Camp2, and continue to base camp the following day. We’ll get some more updates and hopefully some pictures soon, but just wanted to update that…
Lead Guide Adam Smith called in from the team’s Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier. They flew into Denali Base Camp on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier yesterday, spent some time reviewing glacier skills and campcraft, before getting to bed in preparation of an early departure. The route actually descends from Base Camp…
Lead Guide Dan Starr called in from 14,200′, after the team backcarried the supplies that they had cached at 13,500′ a couple of days ago. This was a relatively easy day of work, as they dropped back downhill for about a half hour, dug into their cache and carried loads back up to Genet Basin.…