Trip Reports
Christian called in a post from the big basin camp of 14,200′ camp. The team is sitting in camp, acclimatizing and hoping that the weather above will mellow out a bit and allow them to move higher. The extreme high temperatures of last week have been replaced by snow and wind. The forecast is a…
Our lead guide Eli Potter called in from the 11,200′ basin camp. They are in the midst of a pretty good storm, dumping snow on the team and bringing some wind. They have been watching the harbingers of the storm for a couple of days, and sure enough, it arrived with vigor. They are in…
Cason Crane called in from 14,200′ with a number of well-wishes for family members of the team, and some rather interesting news from the coiffure front! Rumors of a D-hawk abound… All in all, the team sounds like they are in great spirits and doing really well. The weather above them is a bit unsettled,…
Nick Aiello called in a two-part post after the team carried a load of supplies up and around Windy Corner earlier in the day. He was cut off in his first attempt, leaving us with some lingering question about what he was about to say about Rich! Fortunately, he was able to fill us in…
Simon Morly called in from our June 17 team. Simon got a bit caught off, leaving us with something of a cliffhanger as to what he was about to tell us, but I suspect he was about to reference how difficult it might be to believe the inclement weather forecast, given the beautiful weather the…
Our June 24 Team is feeling very strong and pushed a load of supplies up and around Windy Corner today. They climbed up a series of moderately steep slopes and along a a long, gently rising stretch of route that leads to the Corner. The features is a steep rib of rock that acts somewhat…
Blaine Horner, one of our guides on our June 23 Team, called in from the basin at 11,200′ after the team had a pretty mellow day. They dropped back to pick up the cache of supplies that they had buried a couple days ago at about 10,000′ and carried it all back to camp. This…
The team traveled through the night for the last 5 or 6 miles to base camp. They are resting in camp this morning and hoping to fly out to Talkeetna as soon as the clouds clear enough for the planes to fly in and pick them up. Everyone is excited to get back, and hope…
Our guide Kyle Bates called in a post after the team climbed up the steepest portion of the West Buttress route this morning. They carried loads of supplies up onto the spectacular ridge that leads from the top of a feature known as the Headwall, up to the site of the group’s high camp and…
Feeling strong and moving well, the June 24th Team climbed to Camp 2 today, then after a short rest, descended and picked up their cached food and equipment and returned to camp. Guide Ted Grosgebauer called in to report that it was snowing in Camp 2, and they will be watching the weather closely to…