Trip Reports
Our guide Josh Gardner called in from Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team flew in today, and have been rigging sleds and preparing for the five mile hike up the main body of the Kahiltna Glacier to 7,800′, the site of their planned Camp 1. The route actually drops down as it follows…
Pablo called from our West Rib Team. They took advantage of a slight break in the weather to push hard for High Camp on the West Buttress. Located at 17,200′, High Camp is a tough place when the wind blows hard, and Pablo reports that the wind has been blowing hard! recording
Scott Weinstein from our May 18th West Buttress team called in after the team carried supplies to about 13,500′. The route out of camp climbs Motorcycle Hill, the steepest section the climbers have yet encountered. Above Motorcycle Hill the route gets even steeper as it climbs up the next slope, Squirrel Hill. The climbers weave…
The team reported after carrying loads up and around “Windy Corner,” to about 13,500′. recording
Our seventh Denali team of the 2016 season is meeting this morning in Anchorage, Alaska! This team has traveled from afar to joins us in the the Alaska Range. It is really fun to meet new friends with a common interest and a shared goal, and a Denali ascent requires a love of wild places…
Hi Everyone! We wanted to give you a heads up that for the next 72 hours, we might not be able to edit the auto-posted “audio posts” that are generated when our climbing teams call in dispatches from the field. A brief lapse in our website management might result in us not having staff in…
Our Lead Guide Sebastian Grau sent us some more pictures from yesterday afternoon, when the winds at 14,200′ camp abated somewhat, allowing the team to spend some time reviewing skills that they will need to use on the upper mountain. They also took advantage of not having ice blown into their eyes to reinforce the…
Part of our British Contingent called in to update us on today’s work. The team had a rough night with strong gusts of wind, but they still pushed to get their supplies into camp. After a hearty breakfast, they descended about 600′ to the site where they had left their cache a couple days ago. …
We received some photos and a report from our Lead Guide Sebastian Grau, whose team spent a tough night at 14,200′ last night. Seba reported winds of 60-80 mph throughout the night, which destroyed a neighboring guided team’s kitchen tent and made for a rough night’s sleep. Our team worked very hard yesterday, cutting 20-40…
Greetings from sunny Anchorage! It was a great pleasure to share the ropes with our team, who joined us from all over, and we had the relatively rare privilege of having two Anchorage locals along as well (Brent and Mike). We were a fairly large team, but everyone really bonded well and it was not…