Trip Reports
Our June 23 Team has successfully ascended from Camp 1 7,800 ft (2377 m) to Camp 2 11,200 ft (3413 m) in white-out conditions. Way to persevere team! This is a big move for any team even in quality weather which has been a rarity on Denali this season. Some guides have called this the…
The June 18 team radioed in live from Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) after they spent yesterday retrieving their gear cache above Windy Corner. This was a long hard day for the team so they indulged in some rest and slept in until 10 AM. Following a delicious brunch prepared by our skilled guides…
The June 23 Team is stoked to have arrived at their first official camp on the West Buttress route after heading out of base camp at 3 AM in the midnight light of Denali. They arrived at Camp 1 at 7,800 ft (2377 m) in poor weather but persisted higher up the route to put…
It’s all coming together for lead guide Jesse Wright and his June 18 team who were able to remain strong through the 6-hour climb to Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) in marginal weather. Tap the recording link below to hear Jesse’s full update! It sounds like conditions were challenging around the technical section of…
We finally got the whole team out on Friday June 23 after a rainy, snowy 4 day wait at basecamp. It seemed that if the weather was good in Talkeetna it was bad at basecamp and if it was good at basecamp it was bad in Talkeetna and if it was good at both it…
After thirteen days stuck inside a ping pong ball, we are back in Anchorage with smiling faces and a bit of ice still melting off. While the summit is a common goal, we sometimes forget that success in the mountains is a combination of learning experiences, connecting with new friends, and getting home in good…
Today the members of the June 18th team discovered the origins of the name “windy corner”. Windy corner lived up to its name and the team had to work for the ascent to 13,500′. But the team persevered and cached a load of equipment and supplies, then returned to Camp 2 at 11,200′. Lead guide…
Unfortunately Daniel’s trip report is too garbled to understand, probably due to the poor weather the team has been experiencing on the lower glacier. The team traveled from Base Camp to Camp 1 yesterday, following the southeast fork of the Kahiltna for approximately one mile before making a hard right turn up the main fork…
Mountain Trip assistant guide, Tom Huntely, called in the dispatch for the June 18 team from Camp 2 11,200 ft (3413 m). Climbing conditions fully deteriorated today with a full whiteout and approximately 40 mph winds blasting through camp. These are definitely not conditions you would want to be moving in! The team made the…
Mountain Trip apprentice guide, Stephen Burns, called in for the June 23 Team to report that the team is on a weather hold at Denali base camp 7,200 ft (2194 m) patiently waiting for a window that will allow them to move. This is a good time for teams to practice rope team skills and…