Trip Reports
The May 21 crew is hunkered down at Camp 4 17,200 ft (m) on their fourth day here after deciding to hold on for an opportunity to make their second summit attempt. Tap their recording below to hear their full, bilingual update! This has been a tough Denali season all around so we are applauding…
Lead Mountain Trip guide, Karl Welter, called in with the final dispatch for the May 17 West Buttress team! Tap the recording link below to hear his full dispatch and check out the photo of their crew descending Denali at sunset. The team was able to descend from their high point of Camp 4 17,200…
Lead Mountain Trip guide Elias de Andrés-Martos radioed in from Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) after his climbing team made a very strong attempt at the summit of Denali and the high point of North America 20,310 ft (6187 m)! Most importantly this team gave their objective their absolute all while making it back…
En route up the ridge, Lead Guide Josh Jespersen experienced symptoms indicative of a serious medical problem. Prudently, Josh turned back and descended the fixed lines, and returned to 14,200 ft (4328 m) where he was seen by the NPS medical staff. The staff has much greater diagnostic abilities and consulted with the NPS Medical…
The June 4 Team’s Denali expedition has officially begun after they flew out of Talkeetna and into base camp! Check out their team photo below and tap the recording link for the their full update. We’re excited for these guides and climbers to begin their trip of a lifetime! Arriving at Denali basecamp 7,200 ft…
Lead Mountain Trip guide, Jed Porter, called in with the dispatch for the May 21 Team from Camp 4 17,200 ft (5242 m) to report that the team is safe after their make a strong attempt for the summit. Along with multiple other climb teams our crew was turned around at their high point of Denali Pass 18,000 ft (5486…
The May 25th team is at Camp 3(14,200ft) resting, recovering, and acclimatizing before making the push up to High Camp (17,200ft) hopefully tomorrow! They’re watching the weather and getting their gear together hoping to move on up to their highest camp and be in position to try for the summit. The satellite phone call from…
Our June 4th Denali West Buttress team had a big day, meeting in Anchorage early this morning, loading up in the Mountain Trip van and trailer with their piles of gear, and driving to the small airstrip in Talkeetna, Alaska. Once in Talkeetna, they had a final briefing with the climbing rangers from Denali National…
The May 21 team is at high camp today, resting up, acclimatizing, and hoping for a good day to go for the summit tomorrow! They’ll be well rested and the weather is looking promising for tomorrow so we hope to hear from the on top soon! The views from high on the West Buttress are…
Lead Guide Elías de Andres Martos checked in from the team’s 17,200 foot perch below the two summits of Denali. Along with Sue and Peter, the team moved up to High Camp ahead of all other guided teams and so had their choice of camping spots.They arrived early enough to spend much of the day…