Trip Reports
Lead Guide Eli Potter called n from a really pretty Camp 2 at 11,200′ (3413 m) on the West Buttress route of Denali. The team slept in a bit, due to cool temperatures and thick snow and fog, only leaving Camp 1 at about 11:00 in the morning. Snow had covered most of their tracks…
Terry Kelleher called in a nice and detailed report from Camp 2 on Mount Everest, as the team took a rest day at Camp 2, following their push up to Camp 3 yesterday. Everyone is in very good spirits and doing really great with the hard work of climbing at near and above 7000m. Here’s…
Eli Potter called in another nice, detailed report this evening, after the team had a tough day pushing the route up the Kahiltna Glacier, through deep snow, to deposit their supplies at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3048 m). There have not been too many climbers on the West Buttress thus far and it…
Jacob Schmitz sent us some nice shots from the team’s foray up the steep and icy Lhotse Face. The group climbed up the fixed lines to the site of their Camp 3, in order to both further their acclimatization and to familiarize themselves with the lines. Fixed lines are lengths of rope that are affixed…
Lead Guide Eli Potter called in a nice post from Camp 1 at 7,800 feet (2377 m) at the juncture of the Kahiltna Glacier and the Northeast Fork of the Kahiltna. The team worked hard today, carrying heavy packs and pulling laden sleds five miles (8 km) up the glacier. They were graced with a…
Looking at Camp 2 on the Mountain Trip/Mountain Madness Everest Expedition Hello everyone, Jacob here checking in for the 2017 Mountain Trip Everest Expedition. Yesterday we took a much deserved rest day. There were high winds outside and above us, so we just stayed in camp and enjoyed some good food and good company. Today…
Lead guide Eli Potter called from Denali Base Camp at 7,200′ (2200 m) on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. The team had planned to fly yesterday, the 30th of April, but the weather in the sleepy little town of Talkeetna was such that the team had to spend a night awaiting clear skies. …
Mountain Trip is proud to help support the celebration of Disabled Sports USA’s 50th Anniversary! One of the nation’s largest sport organizations for people with disabilities, DSUSA is marking this milestone with the Team Warfighter Sports expedition to Denali. Three veterans from different branches of the US armed forces will join three Mountain Trip guides…
Our Everest team is at Camp 2 again at around 21,400 ft near the base of the Lhotse Face. They are on their second and final acclimatization trip up the mountain in preparation for the summit push coming in a couple of weeks. They woke up early at base camp (1am) and climbed through the…
Mountain Trip is pleased to welcome Mohamed and Haytham Zahid to Alaska! Our first Denali expedition of the 2017 season met in Anchorage today to review equipment and finalize their packing for a planned 22 day trip up the iconic West Buttress route. This team has joined us courtesy of our friends at Adventure Consultants…