Trip Reports
It was a big day for the team as they carried loads of gear and food up to the ridge that leads to high camp in preparation for moving to high camp and the summit push. They had a great day and plan to rest tomorrow to be ready for the last big push. Listen…
Erik Guevara Merino called in from 11,200′ to give us an update on the day’s activity. The team descended to about 10,000′ to retrieve the cache of supplies that they had buried a couple days earlier. This is a pretty easy day, and they worked about two hours in total. Active rest days like this…
Mountain Trip guide Brian Kramp called in from 14,200′ today. The team had a pretty easy day today, dropping down about 800′ to retrieve the supplies that they had cached on the uphill side of Windy Corner. This makes for an active rest day, in that it only takes about 20 minutes to reach the…
The long stretch of bluebird skies and low winds came to a halt a couple days ago, when a low pressure system moved across the mountain, bringing with it clouds and snow. We currently have 6 teams on Denali and one waiting to fly into the Range. Here is the general update as of Wednesday,…
Our guide Ted Grosgebauer called in from the stunningly beautiful camp at 11,200′. The team pushed up from 7,800′ camp with moderate snow falling, but climbed above the snow cloud and arrived in camp in good style. I spoke with Laura Duncan earlier and she said that the weather at 7,800′ was looking pretty bad,…
Our guide Mike Thurk called in to report that the team made the big push from 11,200′ up and around Windy Corner to establish themselves at the big 14,200′ camp. recording
Mountain Trip is known for organizing a lot of private climbs for climbers looking to have a more personalized expedition with their friends. One such team is camped at 7,800′ tonight and called in their first post. Greg Harris and Priya Singh are friends from Canada, who have climbed together in the past and asked…
Eli Potter was able to send a photo from the lower part of the West Rib today, via his iPhone! We have not heard of cellular data service available on the mountain until now, so this is exciting news! The team is camped at 16,400′, resting up for a summit bid when the weather improves. …
Perhaps the hardest working team on the mountain right now, our West Rib team has been working non-stop for two weeks at this point. They have seen no other signs of climbers on the lower half of the West Rib, and have climbed a vertical mile above the base of the route. They’ve only got…
Lead guide Adam Smith called in from the basin camp at 14,200′. The team successfully reached the top of Denali yesterday and descended to 14,200′ in advance of changing weather. They are waiting at this elevation for a heavy snow storm to abate, before continuing their descent back to base camp, a full 7,000′ below…