Trip Reports
After some weather delays in Talkeetna, the June 10th team hit the ground running after flying to the Kahiltna Glacier base camp yesterday. They are enjoying beautiful weather on Denali now and took advantage by moving on up to Camp 1 yesterday. They are settling in and about to enjoy a big dinner and get…
After some delays and frustrations to start the trip, the team is moving right along now and happy to be in the mountains! They had a beautiful day to move to Camp 1 today and everyone did great and got the job done. They didn’t gain a lot of altitude today, but moved all of…
After an extended stay in the small town of Talkeetna, the June 7 team capitalized on a short window of weather to fly into the Alaska Range. They arrived on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier in the evening, and shortly thereafter, the weather took a turn for the worse and began snowing and…
Albert from Team Fubar called in from guess where? They are still at 11,200′, having watched it snow literally meters… The weather is looking better for the coming days and the team is eager to move up the mountain. The guys are in good health and still in possession of their well-known good humor. I…
One of the great pleasures of guiding Denali is having the opportunity to work with some amazing guides. Jim Williams is one such guide, a long time high altitude guide who has mentored many of the younger guides working on big, cold mountains today. Mountain Trip is thrilled to have Jim working as part of…
It sounds like the team has been enjoying the relative comfort of 14 Camp located in the beautiful Genet Basin. In between napping, reading, and eating, the team has been practicing skills they will use to ascend the upper mountain. The route above 14 Camp climbs 1,400′ of moderately steep snow before reaching the steepest…
Team Fubar has been digging out after receiving 50″ of new snow in the past few days. Yesterday morning it appeared that there was going to be a window of decent weather, so the team packed up camp and started headed up Motorcycle Hill. They met several teams descending, who reported deteriorating weather ahead. The…
May 20 Final Blog Post: Joe Butler reporting The team decided to descend from 14K camp on June 6. With our food supplies dwindling and a very rough weather forecast pending, the team decided to leave for lower elevations and try to outrun the incoming storm and get a flight out of the range. Easier…
Guide Aaron called in a brief team report today. The team descended to 7800′ Camp yesterday, which is a long day, and they hope to continue down to Base Camp this afternoon. It sounds like it’s pretty low visibility on the glacier, so it’s unlikely that they will be able to fly out today, but…
Denali. “The Great One.” Mount McKinley. By any name, the behemoth that dominates south central Alaska is something to behold in awe and to treat with the utmost respect. For climbers, the mountain presents what many might consider the challenge of a lifetime, as they pit themselves against brutal winds, arctic temperatures and the thin…