Trip Reports
Lead guide Adam Smith called in from the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier to let us all know that the June 23rd team is all camped on the snow, amidst the grandeur of the Alaska Range! The team departed Anchorage in the morning and drove up through Wasilla, Alaska (famed for it’s views of…
Our guide Yoshiko Miyazaki-Back called in a nicely detailed post; however, the satellite connection did not cooperate all that much. We promise that this was not an attempt to protect company secrets, because Yoshiko listed three days worth of delicious dishes that were served to our team, fare quite unlike what is typically found on…
The June 23 team drove to Talkeetna this morning, checked in with the Rangers at Denali National Park, and flew into Denali’s base camp at 7000 ft on the SE fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. It’s a busy day, but they enjoyed beautiful weather and they are off to a great start. The flight into…
Ian checked in from the June 17th Denali team this afternoon. They woke up early this morning and climbed up around Windy Corner at 13,500ft to leave a cache of gear and food for their move up to high camp. They are still getting up early to avoid the heat of the day as it’s…
The Mountain Trip June 23rd Denali West Buttress team met in Anchorage today. They spent the morning talking about the trip and getting to know each other, and importantly, checking all of their gear one last time prior to heading onto the glacier tomorrow. They met in Anchorage, AK at the Millenium Hotel on the…
It sounds like they are having a good time up there, and getting up the mountain! They cached a bunch of food, fuel, and equipment up at “Windy Corner” today to prepare for their move up to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft. They’ve been getting up early to avoid the heat of the day, climbing…
Jonathan Sugarman called in a post with some additional description of the Jun 9 Team’s experience and, more importantly, with a shout out to some special people in his life: recording
Well, the June 9 team had a bit of a break in the windy, colder weather that has been whipping over the upper mountain for the past couple of days. They took advantage of this window to carry supplies up the steepest section of the route, the stretch from from 15,600′ to 16,200′ called the…
Our guide Kyle Bates called in from 7,800′ on the Kahilnta Glacier. The team made a carry up to about 10,000′ today, starting out in some snowy, slightly adverse weather, but things warmed up as they moved along. Everyone is doing well and they are excited to move up to 11,200′ tomorrow. Here’s Kyle: recording