Trip Reports
The June 13th West Buttress team is taking advantage of a beautiful day in the Alaska Range to move up to the basin camp at 11,200′. They put in a cache of equipment yesterday and today are climbing up past that cache to establish a new camp. This system of carrying equipment and supplies to…
The team carried a load of gear up from the 11,000ft camp up to a spot around “Windy Corner” at about 13,500 ft and cached it in preparation for moving up to the 14,000ft camp tomorrow. They are doing great and taking advantage of some good weather, which has been rarely seen this season in…
The team moved up from the 14,200 ft basin up to their high camp at 17,200 ft today in beautiful and relatively warm weather. They are moving strong and hope to head for the summit tomorrow morning if everyone is feeling well after their first night sleeping up over 17k feet. Here’s the call from…
Team Leader Eli Potter called in the trip report tonight. He reported that the team enjoyed a “semi” rest day today at 14 Camp, located in the beautiful Genet basin. It was on a “semi” rest day because the team elected to stretch their legs and walk over to “The Edge of the World.” This…
Guide Joda called in to clarify that the team is climbing the West Buttress route. He inadvertently stated the West Rib in his previous report. Here’s Joda: recording
Matthew called in from 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier, after the team carried loads up to about 10,000′ on the glacier. They are getting early morning starts, to both avoid the heat of the day and also to travel over the glacier when it is at its most frozen state. The weather has not been…
Assistant guide Joda Hankins called in from one of my favorite camps, the basin at 11,200′. Bob and the guide team moved up today and have settled in to their new home for the next few nights. The climb up from 7,800′ ascends the first significant hill of the route, known as Ski Hill. This…
Lead guide Eric Larson called in on behalf of Team Ri-Ward, for their teammate, Rich Ward. Today, they moved up to the big camp at 14,200′ in challenging conditions. It “snowed and blowed” as they climbed up from their previous encampment at 11,200′, but the nasty weather was interspersed with breaks of blue sky, so…
Lead guide Peter Inglis called in from the comfort of one of our vans, as he was being driven back to Anchorage, following the team’s descent from their 16,300′ High Camp on the Upper West Rib route of Denali. The team had a great time and enjoyed some spectacular scenery, but were denied the chance…
Brian Muller and one of our friends from across the Pacific called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200′ to update us on the progress of our group of climbers from China. They moved up to this camp yesterday and today took a relatively easy day, when they dropped down 300m to retrieve the…