Trip Reports
Dave called in from the June 9th “Into Thin Hair” expedition this evening. They’ve moved on up to Camp 2 at 11,000 ft and had beautiful weather so far. The winds on the upper mountain haven’t stopped this team from being able to climb and move on up. The forecast continues to look great for…
After several days of watching the winds blow on the upper mountain, the team was rewarded with a beautiful day and took advantage of the change in weather to climb to high camp. It’s one of the most beautiful days of climbing of the trip and it sounds like they enjoyed it. They may go…
The wind has been blowing up high on Denali for the last several days keeping teams from moving to high camp and getting a summit shot. Several teams are poised at Camp 3 (14,200ft) waiting to move up to high camp, and teams on the lower mountain are still able to climb and move up. …
Ian called in with the evening dispatch tonight from the team. They moved up to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft yesterday, and had a slightly more relaxing day today. They’ll make themselves comfortable at this camp as they’ll be spending several nights here prior to pushing up to high camp. Here’s Ian with some special…
Alan called in for the evening dispatch from the May 30 Denali team. It’s been windy up at high camp and the team is waiting for the weather to settle down a bit before moving up and pushing for the summit. Here’s Alan. recording
Well, a weary, yet happy group of climbers flew off the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier earlier today. The entire May 26 team is back in the thick warm, humid air of Talkeetna, showering, eating anything but “mountain food” and probably “hydrating” a little bit as well. We launched a van to bring them…
On Sunday, June 9th, a team of climbers met a guide team from Mountain Trip to finish their packing and preparations for an attempt on the iconic West Buttress route of Denali. The team has been preparing for this challenge for months, and they are now taking the first steps up the Kahiltna Glacier that…
Saeed Kiam called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200′ today. The team had hoped to push up and around Windy Corner to establish themselves at the bustling 14,200′ (4340) site of Camp 3, but Windy Corner lived up to it’s name today, and they remained in camp, waiting for the winds to let…
Our guide Ted Grosgebauer called in from 14,200′ as the team took their first weather day of the expedition. They are all set to move up to high camp, but the tell tale plumes of snow streaming off the ridge between where they currently are, and where they want to go next, told them that…
The team took a planned rest and acclimatization day today, which fortunately coincided with some winds up high and a sort of mixed bag of weather at their camp, in the large basin at 14,200 feet. This is the first true rest day that the team has taken, and it sounds like they used the…