Trip Reports
Sebastian called in from 11,200′ camp, where the team moved up to today. About an hour out of camp, an unfortunate event occurred, when one of the team, a climber from Israel, experienced severe and debilitating back pain at the top of Ski Hill. A very experienced climber with loads of high altitude experience, he…
Robert Lentz called in a very nice and detailed update from the team’s first camp on the West Buttress. They are camped at 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier. The Kahiltna is a huge glacier, that runs almost 40 miles from north to south, starting at a saddle between the West Buttress of Denali and a…
Team leader Seba Grau called in to report that the weather cleared in Talkeetna, and the team flew into the beautiful Alaska range. They arrived safely at Base Camp, took a rest, and then packed up and headed up glacier. It was a tiring move, in that the team broke trail through 12″ of new…
The morning dawned clear in Talkeetna, Alaska and the team ate a hearty breakfast before heading to our friends at Talkeetna Air Taxi for one of the more amazing flights possible. The team is in the air and headed to Base Camp! The flight will last about 40 minutes, as they depart the lush green…
Sebastian Grau called in from Talkeetna, Alaska, where the team has spent a second day waiting for the weather to improve enough for them to fly to the glacier. This morning, the weather at Base Camp was clear, but it was raining hard in Talkeetna. As the day progressed, the weather cleared in Talkeetna, but…
Well, the weather doesn’t look great for a flight into the Alaska Range today, and our team is most likely facing another night in Talkeetna, although my fingers are crossed that they might get the call to load up and ship out! Making lemons out of such lemonade is part of the job of a…
The team awoke early this morning and loaded up in one of our Mountain Trip vans for the two hour drive north to Talkeetna, Alaska. Literally at the end of the road, Talkeetna is a sleepy little town, which has served as the gateway to the Alaska Range for decades. The team checked in with…
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. A Norwegian mountain guiding company called Hvitserk contacted us to help organize an expedition for a group of Norwegian climbers. We are…
We are thrilled to welcome our first team of climbers of the 2015 Denali season to Alaska! Each spring, as the days grow longer, climbers from around the world feel the siren song of the north country. Many are drawn by the challenge of attempting to climb the highest peak in North America and to…
It’s been a super challenging time for the entire country of Nepal, and our team who has been there and witnessed the destruction and suffering of the people have had a life experience they will never forget. There has been a stream of bad news coming from Nepal, but there was a small bright spot…